Martin Luther King, Jr., Gracie Mansion, Rev. Martin Luther King press conference / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick DeMarsico. 1964 July 30. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Martin Luther King Jr. gave the "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963.
The Libraries has a huge variety of materials available on Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., primarily in its Anacostia Community Museum and Smithsonian American Art / National Portrait Gallery Libraries—ranging from a video of his historic speech to his own writings, as well as biographical, historical and even artistic studies.
A wonderful way to immerse yourself in dreams that become history.
—Elizabeth Periale
Martin Luther King, "I have a dream," [videorecording].
Partners to history: Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and the civil rights movement, by Donzaleigh Abernathy ; foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968. "An Ebony picture biography."
Blessed are the peacemakers: Martin Luther King, Jr., eight white religious leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail." S. Jonathan Bass.
The papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., senior editor, Clayborne Carson ; volume editors, Ralph E. Luker, Penny A. Russell; advisory editor, Louis R. Harlan.
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A wonderful way to immerse yourself in dreams that become history.
Thanks for making these resources available! You may be interested in our collection of interviews from Eyes on the Prize: http://www.digital.wustl.edu/eyesontheprize/ that cover the civil rights movement.