On Aug. 28, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech that inspired America — and shamed it into honoring the principles on which it was founded.

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.

“I have a dream,” Martin Luther King said. Those four words stand out in a speech that touches on myriad topics. Economics, police brutality, peaceful protests, voting – both the right to ...

Sixty years ago, Jones helped King craft his signature sermon ... Washington for Jobs and Freedom ended with Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech on Aug. 28, 1963.

A recent study by the Pew Research Center suggests that the content of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s seismic “I Have a Dream” speech is fading in Americans’ collective memory. If true ...

On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther ... KING: I say to you today, my friends... GREEN: His most famous words that day were not planned. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) KING: I have a dream that ...

In many ways, we face the same choice today. Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington in 1963, where he delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech. (Rowland Scherman / National Archives ...

Martin Luther King Jr. extolled the famous words "I have a dream" 60 years ago at the March on Washington. It's considered one of the most iconic speeches of the 20th century, but before there was ...

For years, the original copy of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech—one of the most important speeches in American history—was kept safe inside the pages of a Harry Truman ...

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BOSTON - On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Sixty years later, it continues to inspire.