Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream

Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. In this public radio story you will hear from activists who were present that day and heard the speech. They remember that its power came not only from the words MLK spoke, but the way he spoke them, in rolling cadences that “raised his audience.”

US History II Civil RIghts Civics/Government Constitution Race

Story Length: 5:41

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AIR DATE: 01/14/2011

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