Search Our Site Get Your Free Site Search by Bravenet.com REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.   CLICK HERE TO SEE DR. KING'S OBSEQUIES   ANDREW YOUNG PRESENTS MARTIN  LUTHER KING JR. "IN GANDHI'S FOOTSTEPS"     MLK Oratory winner: Gerra Gistand Gerra Gistand of MacGregor Elementary [Houston, Texas] won first place during the 13th Annual Gardere MLK Jr. Oratory. Finalists gave original five-minute speeches on the topic:  If Dr. King were alive today, what do you think he would say about current events? ============================== At bottom of this page is a music player with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermons, speeches, etc.  ----------------------------------     MARTIN LUTHER KING JR LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL     ---------------------------------   From MLK to Today Director/Filmmaker Antoine Fuqua tells the story ..... Mon, Jan 19, 7:00 PM Run Time: 60 min. CNN   Watch Live Credits: Soledad O'Brien   SEE THE MAKING OF "FROM MLK TO TODAY"     ----------------------------------------------              MSNBC MLK 40 YEARS: TODAY: SON AND DAUGHTER REFLECT ON ....       ----------------------------------------------      REV. BILLY KYLES HONORING THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF DR. KING'S ASSASINATION      HARRY BELAFONTE Actor and activist tells about the time he filled in for Johnny Carson and interviewed his good friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on "The Tonight Show."   DOROTHY COTTON  Former SCLC Education Director discusses sexism within civil rights movement organizations     -----------------------------------     I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH (text and ) On August 28, 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the African American civil rights movement reaches its high-water mark when Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech to more than 200,000 people attending the March on Washington. The demonstrators--black and white, poor and rich--came together in the nation's capital to demand voting rights and equal opportunity for African Americans and to appeal for an end to racial segregation and discrimination.   WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT DR. KING, AND LISTEN TO REFLECTIONS ON CORETTA SCOTT KING      -----------------------------------     **CLICK HERE FOR TAVIS SMILEY INTERVIEW WITH MAVIS STAPLES, Thursday, April 26, 2007, Writing freedom songs inspired by Dr. King       Christine King Farris, Dr. King's sister discusses the impact her brother's assassination continues to have 40 years later.     TAVIS SMILEY INTERVIEWS "ODETTA":The "Queen of American Folk Music" explains why Dr. King's message of nonviolence resonated with her. (2:33)       TAVIS SMILEY INTERVIEW WITH RUBY DEE WHO TELLS ABOUT MALCOLM X'S DISCREET PRESENSE AT THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON       National Public Radio Reflections by the Reverend Samuel "Billy" Kyles    -----------------------------------          I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP [Click center arrow to listen to excerpts from the "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. After listening click "menu" to see other MLK videos]   CLICK HERE FOR THE ENTIRE AUDIO SPEECH     Mountaintop Speech (text) The 80th Birthday of Dr. King and the Inauguration of Obama as President by Clarence B. Jones       TIME LINE   BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS BY AND ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.     MLK FROM WIKIPEDIA         http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html   RETURN TO HOME PAGE   RETURN TO BLACK HISTORY AND CULTURE PAGE        PLEASE FEEL FREE TO: Post a Comment or sign our Guestbook