Martin Luther King Jr. made speech Sept. 12%2C 1962%2C for N.Y%27s Civil War Centennial Commission; ... King spoke of the inequality that African Americans still faced in the 1960s.

In July, 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. was the first African American to speak at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Members of the Club located 53-year old recordings of the speech and ...

Henry-Louis Taylor Jr., professor of Urban and Regional Planning at University at Buffalo, said that Martin Luther King Jr. clearly pointed out in his 1963 speech that Black people in the U.S ...

(The Root) — Was the Martin Luther King Jr. speech we now know as "I Have a Dream" masterfully composed and delivered? Of course it was.

Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at Selma rally in 1965. Bettmann/ Getty In March 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. marched with 25,000 people from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to fight for African ...

Reflecting On MLK, Jr.'s Writings And Speeches This year, the presidential inaugural events coincide with the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Host Michel ... nation's first African ...

The name of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. can be found ... In December 1965 King delivered a speech in New York denouncing South Africa's white rulers as "spectacular savages and brutes" and ...

Students of color celebrate MLK, identities with speeches, poetry Students performed spoken word and poetry and reflected on Martin Luther King Jr.’s final speech at an oratorical contest Wednesday.

Thousands gather in DC for 'March on Washington' Dr. Alveda King, niece of MLK Jr., on the 57th anniversary of MLK's 'I Have A Dream' speech.

In 1944, a teenage Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his first public speech First African Baptist Church in Dublin, when he was in town for an oratorical contest. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Henry-Louis Taylor Jr., professor of Urban and Regional Planning at University at Buffalo, said that Martin Luther King Jr. clearly pointed out in his 1963 speech that Black people in the U.S ...