The American legacy of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continues in 2024. His speeches, sermons, and peace marches began in the 1950s with calls for equal human rights for Black Americans. Today, the struggle for complete equality continues with modern day calls to "keep mov...
The Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute has a database filled with hundreds of speeches and sermons once delivered by King. You can search their archiveshere. At the end of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. was fighting for universal basic income Before he was assassinated,...
Martin Luther King, Jr., often known simply as MLK, was a prominent Baptist minister and civil rights leader in the 1960s. Dr. King led nonviolent protests and delivered rousing speeches and sermons for equality and justice and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He is considered by...
"In sermons and speeches, Dr. King's voice rang out with a call for us to work toward a better tomorrow," Mr. Obama said in an official proclamation he issued for the holiday. "As we honor his legacy, Americans across the country will join one another for a day of service, picking ...
husband and friend to many. Like many of you, I’ve heard the movingI Have A Dreamspeech and, even though Dr King gave many sermons and speeches during his lifetime, it stands out above the rest because it resonates on a very deep level and strikes a cord with so many of us. It...
King’s blackness – his fierce racial pride, his distinctively black Christian faith and his belief that most whites were “unconscious racists” – is on full display in his letter, scholars say. The anger that drove King’s letter would become more prominent in the speeches King gave until...