The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as "a great ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...

In 1983, about 20 years after King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks on March 25, 1967. (AP Photo/Chick Harrity) The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He ...

Cornelia Crenshaw was a member of the strike's strategy committee and convinced Martin Luther King Jr. to come to Memphis. Dr. King came on March 18th and spoke to a crowd of 25,000 people.

Martin Luther King Jr Day was first celebrated in 1986 and falls on the third Monday in January, close to King's birthday on January 15th. 10) Almost 1,000 streets in the U.S. are named after MLK ...

Where: 801 S. 10th St. Free admission. Story time readings throughout the day, and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech shown in the Mutual of Omaha Theater.

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 50 years ago on April 4, 1968, setting off a period of mourning, reflection and anger that gripped America. He was in Memphis to ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech April 3, 1968, the day before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee.

As President Obama took the oath of office on Monday, he did so with his hand rested on copies of the Bibles owned by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. — a symbolic gesture to two men ...