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Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.
T he best-laid plans are often better off ignored—at least that was the case with Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington from the steps of the Lincoln ...
The original intent behind Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was an appeal to end economic and employment inequalities. Delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, the speech was King's address as ...
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 17-minute “I Have a Dream” speech—an oratorical masterpiece that changed King's life, his movement, and the nation at large.
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy with a look back at 15 of his most powerful quotes, including the iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech and more.
When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. took the lectern at the March on Washington 50 years ago to deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech, the text in his hand didn't contain the words "I have a dream." ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed the war in his April 4, ... After giving the speech at Stanford, King continued to deliver versions of “The Other America” throughout 1967 and 1968.
In his 2003 book, “The Dream: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation,” Drew D. Hansen wrote about a November 1963 interview King gave to Donald Smith, a graduate student ...
Donald Trump has claimed he drew a larger crowd to a speech in Washington than Martin Luther King for his “I have a dream” speech. “Nobody has spoken to crowds bigger than me,” Trump told ...
Today marks the 48th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. On August 28, 1963, Dr. King stood before the Lincoln Memorial Center to deliver some of the most ...
Almost four years after his “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at a tent-in demonstration in ...