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. "Dr ...

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 ...

His enduring legacy was memorialized when Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday bill in 1983, and again during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in 2011.

In this Dec. 17, 1962, photo, Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, the U.S. delegate to the United Nations, shakes hands with Martin Luther King Jr., president of the Southern Christian Leadership ...

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.

In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in 1997, when President Bill Clinton took the oath of office.

Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer Jonathan Eig. In an interview published by NPR’s Book of ...

Clarence Jones, who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. write the “I Have A Dream Speech,” told a Television Critics Association panel in 2013 how the most famous part of the speech came ...

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.