Martin Luther King Jr. Midway through his address, King abandoned his prepared text and launched into the soaring expression of his vision for the future, declaring, "I have a dream today." On the ...

Quotes by Martin Luther King addressing issues relating to social and economic justice as well as the Vietnam War. "March on Washington from the deep South, the city ghettos, Appalachia let the poor ...

Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. is stopped by police at Medgar Evers' funeral, Jackson, MS National Museum of African American History and Culture Poster for SCLC reading "Injustice Anywhere...a threat to ...

In 1963, a quarter of a million people marched on Washington to highlight racial injustice and to put pressure on Congress to pass Kennedy’s Civil Rights Bill. The march was made up of both ...

Photo: Martin Luther King waves to the crowds at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 28 August 1963. (Getty Images) Martin Luther King was born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia (US).

The march will proceed west on Washington Street ... Live music and light refreshments will be provided at the event. King, 39, was fatally shot April 4, 1968, while standing on a balcony at ...