Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The federal holiday is set aside each year to recognize and honor civil rights ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of revelation who fought tirelessly and endlessly for the rights of African Americans all over the country. Born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929, Dr. King was always ...
1. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” —“I Have a Dream,” 1963 2 ...
Bernice King referenced her father’s observation, “We must learn to live together as brothers or will all perish together as ...
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 ...
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 ...
It was the last speech of his life, the speech Martin Luther King Jr. gave on April 3, 1968. It was a radically Christian speech in, of all places, a church: Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, ...
During her concession speech, Vice President Kamala Harris quoted an adage from Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1968 speech "I've been to the Mountaintop." She focused on the quote, ...