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Martin Luther King Jr.’s only granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, was born on May 25, 2008. ... loving and peaceful world,” then-14-year-old Yolanda said during her speech.
T he best-laid plans are often better off ignored—at least that was the case with Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” ...
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy with a look back at 15 of his most powerful quotes, including the iconic 'I Have a Dream' speech and more.
The original intent behind Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was an appeal to end economic and employment inequalities. Delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, the speech was King's address as ...
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 17-minute “I Have a Dream” speech—an oratorical masterpiece that changed King's life, his movement, and the nation at large.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries ended his record-breaking speech by quoting John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed the war in his April 4, ... After giving the speech at Stanford, King continued to deliver versions of “The Other America” throughout 1967 and 1968.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...
Almost four years after his “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at a tent-in demonstration in ...
This Juneteenth we need to discard the caricatures of King that we so often see and learn from what he actually did and ...
Thousands of people marched in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 24, 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech on Aug. 28, 1963, and to urge ...