Nobel Prize winner Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. originated the nonviolence strategy within the activist civil rights movement. King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Following graduation from Morehouse College in 1948, King entered Croze...

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was ordained a minister at his father's church in 1947. King gained national recognition in 1956 for organizing a boycott against Montgomery, Georgia's racially segregated publi...

The African American minister and Nobel Prize winner Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968), originated the nonviolence strategy within the activist civil rights movement. He was one of the most important black leaders of his era. Martin Luther King, Jr., w...

"I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr., (1929-1968) accepted his first position as pastor of a Baptist congregation in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1954, after receiving his doctorate in philosophy from Boston University. A year...

"I Have a Dream" is the popular name given to the historic public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., when he spoke of his desire for a future where blacks and whites among others would coexist harmoniously as equals. King's delivery of the speech on...

By Marilyn Rawlings, CEM, 2006-2007 National President No one in history has ever accomplished anything of significance alone. Christopher Columbus would never have discovered the New World if he had not had a hard-working crew and the financial backing of Spanish royalty....

Given the questions of race and racism in Maine and the nation that ended 2002 and began 2003, there may be no more fitting way to observe the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. than to recall his defining speech, delivered in...

They are some of the most famous words in American history: "I have a dream ..." And the man who said them has become an icon.Martin Luther King Jr. has certainly gotten his share of attention this year, the subject of a presidential campaign controversy...

The words of Martin Luther King Jr. are as inspiring today for Shirley Franklin as they were when she saw him deliver his "I Have A Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Monument in Washington in 1963.That helps make it especially important to...

The language and diction that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used in his speech "I Have a Dream" made it powerful and effective.

The following is a comparison of Martin Luther King's speech "I have a Dream" and the play "A Raisin in the Sun."

How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech affected America.