Editor's Note: This story was orignially published on npr.org on Feb. 7, 2024. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, is so ...
A confidant and lawyer for Martin Luther King, he was an unseen hand behind major civil rights events, including the 1963 ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Aug. 28, 1963. (AP ...
When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped to the podium at the Lincoln Memorial on a stifling hot August day in 1963, he faced a cast of characters who also knew how to command a stage. Most now ...
Washington, DC, USA - 29 June 2020: Close-up of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on a sunny day. The Marcus Performing Arts Center in Milwaukee has celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day for 42 ...