The words "I Have a Dream" are historically famous. They defined the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King. But they're just one speech in a long life of brilliance and introspection. Holding a ...
96 years after his birth on Jan. 15, 1929, and nearly 62 years after his historic "I Have a Dream" speech (in 1963), Martin ...
On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth and radicalism of his work. Often sanitized in mainstream memory, King was ...
Dear Readers: Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day! I thought it would be a good time to find some impactful quotes from presidential inaugural speeches and ...
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a great ...
In his speech following the Bloody Sunday attack on peaceful protesters by Alabama law enforcement, Martin Luther King said that we die when we don’t stand up for what is right or just or true — in ...
The release of National Archives documents is the latest attempt to define what the Civil Rights icon believed, and what that means now for the country. By Kurt Streeter The enduring legacy of the Rev ...