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Martin Luther King Jr's Final Speech: "I'm so happy I didn't sneeze"

by Jonathan Mandell

The day before he was assassinated, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr delivered what is usually called the "I've Been To The Mountaintop" speech because of its stirring final moments. But in it he also offered a humorous riff on his having been stabbed in Harlem in 1958, as a way to look back...

SOURCE: New York Theater at 10:39am on January 19, 2026