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External audio. I Have a Dream, August 28, 1963, Educational Radio Network [1] " I Have a Dream " is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister [2] Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called for civil and economic rights ...
On a hot summer day in 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators calling for civil rights joined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
The Dream. The Dream, also known as the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Sculpture, [1] is an outdoor bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by Michael Florin Dente, located outside the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. The 8-foot (2.4 m) memorial statue was dedicated on August 28, 1998, the 35th anniversary of King's "I Have ...
e. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. A black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister ...
Martin Luther King Jr Quotes. “Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.”. — Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have A Dream”. "No one really knows why they are alive until they know what ...
See media help. The plaque outside the site of the speech, Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. " I've Been to the Mountaintop " is the popular name of the final speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. [1][2][3] King spoke on April 3, 1968, [4] at the Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis, Tennessee.
Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" "Free at Last", a section of James Furman's oratorio I Have a Dream, based on Dr. King's speech. Free at Last, the 2002 theme of the Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, Australia. Free at Last (horse), a Thoroughbred racehorse, the 1991 Canadian Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.
The Landmark for Peace is a memorial sculpture in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park on the northside of Indianapolis. It honors the contributions of the slain leaders Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. The memorial, which features Kennedy and King reaching out to each other, was designed and executed by Indiana artist Greg Perry.