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FILE - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, speaks to thousands during his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the ...
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington for jobs and freedom on Aug. 28, 1963.
King addresses a crowd during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. It was here, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, that he delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legendary “I Have a Dream” speech is bound to be quoted, analyzed, and dissected in dozens of different ways. If you’re a visual learner like me, you ...
I was wrong," he said during a 2008 speech. After the long struggle, Martin Luther King day was observed for the first time on January 20, 1986; since 1992 the holiday has been observed on the ...
Photographer and student Richard Copley, bottom right, covered Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech to an overflow crowd at the Mason Temple, March 18, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. Vernon Matthews/The ...
Martin Luther King Jr. might have been a giant in the Civil Rights Movement, but at home, the doting father of four was simply dad. As we observe what would have been his 96th birthday, look back ...
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made history as a defining leader of the Civil Rights movement who preached a message of nonviolent resistance. His hand in organizing a number of significant protests ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. arrived in Memphis on April 3, 1968, with plans to support a sanitation workers' strike. It was storming on that night when he gave his final speech at Mason Temple.
Students honor Martin Luther King Jr. in speech competition: 'What you started, we are going to finish it' "What you started, we are going to finish it," one student said.
That Martin Luther King Jr. speech used in Ram's car ad? ... Ram Trucks didn't use that portion of the speech in its ad, which features images of hard-working Americans interspersed with Ram Trucks.
Civil Rights activist Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta, daughter Yolanda, 5, & Martin Luther III, 3, sitting together as they play piano in their livingroom, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960.