Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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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