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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 ...
The words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech have traveled through generations. The famous speech was given during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
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 ...
Dr. Martin Luther King addresses some 2,000 people on the eve of his death—April 3, 1968—giving the speech "I've been to the mountaintop." Bettmann/Getty Images By Lily Rothman ...
In honor of the 55th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream Speech,” here are three lesser known, though equally important, of the reverend’s speeches.
— -- A Super Bowl ad for Dodge Ram trucks using one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s last sermons drew a backlash on social media and a rebuke from some of the civil rights leader's loved ones ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd on Aug. 4, 1965. Ellsworth Davis "In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.
In the summer of 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. took the podium at the Lincoln Memorial in front of an estimated 250,000 people, with millions more watching at home.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ... Listen to the Smithsonian's Sidedoor podcast epsisode about King's "I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 March on Washington. ... And so we must straighten our backs and ...
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” ...
(The Associated Press) In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at the end of a rainy civil rights march in Chicago, Aug. 22, 1966, and the outside of Cheltenham Township Adult School's 1964 Spring Term catalog, which previews a ...