And I knew that as they were sitting in, they were really standing up for the best in the American dream, and taking the whole nation back to those great wells of democracy which were dug …

Apr 4, 2018 · If a bullet traveling 2,670 feet per second had not pierced Martin Luther King’s face 50 years ago tonight, if instead he was still alive at age 89, he would be disappointed to find …

Before the beautiful words of The Star-Spangled Banner were written, we were here. And for more than two centuries our forbearers labored here without wages. They made cotton king …

Nov 9, 2009 · Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement until his assassination in 1968.

The most notable speech came from the final speaker, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, as he delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he …

Nov 13, 2024 · Throughout his brief adult life, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled across the American South and beyond, preaching the gospel and pursuing the dream of racial equality. …

“We’ve got some difficult days ahead,” Martin Luther King, Jr., told an overflowing crowd in Memphis, Tennessee, on 3 April 1968, where the city’s sanitation workers were striking. “But it …

Jan 19, 2025 · King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, according to the Stanford Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. He was standing on a second-floor balcony outside …

Jan 17, 2025 · King had spoken to UPWA workers before, when they supported the Montgomery bus boycott. At the conference, King accepted a check for $11,000 – worth about $123,500 …

Full text to the "I Have A Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Junior I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the …