Monday marks Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Below is a transcript of his celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. NPR's Talk of the Nation ...

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 ...

On Aug. 28, 1963, my father stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and summoned a nation to listen – not merely to a speech, but to a vision. He dreamed out loud, daring America to imagine itself ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1922, a New York City realty company paid $100 for the first radio commercial, on station WEAF. In 1941, Nazi German, Hungarian and Ukrainian police ...

Fifth graders from Watkins Elementary School walked in Martin Luther King Jr.’s footsteps at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday, and recited his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. The MLK Day event is a ...

Students gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church and the World Peace Rose Garden to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with poetry, ...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that more people came to see his 2019 July Fourth speech at the Lincoln Memorial than came to see the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famed “I Have a Dream” ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, Jan. 19, this year. Observed annually on the third Monday in January, the federal holiday is set aside to recognize civil rights leader, Martin Luther King ...