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BOSTON - On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Sixty years later, it continues to inspire. "Dr ...
On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech at the March on Washington. Part of his speech was impromptu and those words became a pillar of the civil rights movement.
60 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, we hear from one of the men who helped him write it, his friend and attorney Clarence B. Jones.
FILE - In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. waves to the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and ...
A march in Detroit this weekend commemorates the 60th anniversary of the city's "Walk to Freedom" — where Martin Luther King Jr. gave an early version of his "I Have A Dream" speech.
Motown and UMe, in partnership with The King Estate, just made King's more than five-minute speech available to stream.
On Aug. 28, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech that inspired America -- and shamed it into honoring the principles on which it was founded.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Students will examine why the speech was a defining ...
Clarence Jones, who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. write the "I Have A Dream Speech," explains how the most famous part came spontaneously.
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.
Monday marks Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Below is a transcript of his celebrated “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. NPR’s Talk of the ...