Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that ...

Martin Luther King gave over 2,500 public speeches during his lifetime – many of them were delivered without a manuscript and ...

The civil rights leader's powerful words remain as relevant today as they were in the 1960s. Here's how to remember MLK’s ...

Name the best speaker in the 20th century, the person whose speeches inspired, angered, thrilled and drove millions of people to action. Most of you will say the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ...

Were it possible to resurrect and transport King into the present, he would be shocked by the regression that has taken place in America in the three generations since he led the Civil Rights movement ...

10 Questions for Gary Selby on Martin Luther King and the Rhetoric of Freedom: The Exodus Narrative in America’s Struggle for Civil Rights (Baylor University Press, 2008) What inspired you to write ...

Mahalia provided the soundtrack and MLK gave the sermon for the 1963 March on Washington. The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom would be a showcase for sermon and song. The day's program ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s rich and complex sermons convey his intense love of the black community, said Barnard sociologist Jonathan Rieder, who spoke Wednesday in front of a small audience in ...

In his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, Martin Luther King Jr. quoted the prophet Amos, saying, “Justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.” King returned to these words ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, is so famous that it often eclipses his other speeches. King's greatest contribution ...

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