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Speeches
of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The words and sounds of Dr. King can be discovered in this section.
What influenced Dr. King's Dream? Who has Dr. King influenced? Will you be next when you Capture The Dream!
Discover the words written by Dr. King in the Birmingham Jail, see and hear the sights and sounds that Dr. King saw and heard. But we have not stopped there! Read the same words from Henry David Thoreau that Dr. King read in his studies. Read the text of the Brown v. Board decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1954.
May 13, 1944
"The Negro And The Constitution"
Elks oratorical contest
reprinted in The Cornellian, Booker T. Washington High School
Atlanta, Georgia
February 28, 1954
"Rediscovering Lost Values"
Second Baptist Church
Detroit, Michigan
December 5, 1955
Montgomery Improvement Association Mass Meeting
Holt Street Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
March 18, 1956
"When Peace Becomes Obnoxious"
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
March 22, 1956
Montgomery Improvement Association Mass MeetingHolt Street Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
April 26, 1956
Montgomery Improvement Association Mass Meeting
Day Street Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
May 17, 1956
"The Death Of Evil Upon The Seashore"
Service of Prayer and Thanksgiving
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York, New York
June 27, 1956
"The Montgomery Story"Forty-seventh Annual National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Convention
San Francisco Civic Auditorium
San Francisco, California
July 23, 1956
"Non-Aggression Procedures To Interracial Harmony"
American Baptist Assembly And American Home Mission Agencies Conference Green Lake, Wisconsin
November 4, 1956
"Paul's Letter To American Christians"
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
November 14, 1956
Montgomery Improvement Association Mass Meeting
Holt Street Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
December 3, 1956
"Facing The Challenge Of A New Age"
First Annual Institute On Nonviolence and Social Change
Holt Street Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
December 15, 1956
"Desegregation And The Future"
Annual Luncheon Of The National Committee for Rural Schools
Commodore Hotel
New York, New York
December 20, 1956
"Ending The Montgomery Bus Boycott"
Holt Street and First Baptist Churches
Montgomery, Alabama
January 1, 1957
"Facing The Challenge Of A New Age"
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Emancipation Day Rally
Big Bethel AME Church
Atlanta, Georgia
January 13, 1957
"The Ways Of God In The Midst Of Glaring Evil"
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
January 14, 1957
Montgomery Improvement Association Mass Meeting
Bethel Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
April 7, 1957
"The Birth Of A New Nation"
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
April 10, 1957
"A Realistic Look At The Question Of Progress In The Areas Of Race Relations"
St. Louis Freedom Rally
St. Louis, Missouri
May 17, 1957
"Give Us The Ballot"
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Washington, DC
June 28, 1957
"Remarks In Acceptance Of The Forty-Second Spingarn Medal"
Forty-Eight Annual Convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Detroit, Michigan
July 18, 1957
"Invocation"
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Crusade New York, New York
August 11, 1957
"Conquering Self-Centeredness"
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
September 2, 1957
"A Look To The Future"
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Highlander Folk School
Monteagle, Tennessee
October 27, 1957
"Things That Are God's"
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
November 17, 1957
"Loving Your Enemies"Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
December 5, 1957
"Some Things We Must Do"
Second Annual Institute on Nonviolence and Social Change
Holt Street Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama
February 12, 1958
"Launching Of The SCLC Crusade For Citizenship "
Greater Bethel AME Church
Miami, Florida
April 6, 1958
"Prayer Pilgrimage Protesting The Electrocution Of Jeremiah Reeves"
Alabama State Capital
Montgomery, Alabama
May 14, 1958
"Address At The National Biennial Convention Of The American Jewish Congress"
Miami Beach, Florida
October 25, 1958
"Youth March For Integrated Schools"
Delivered by Coretta Scott King
Washington, DC
June 23, 1963
"Speech At The Great March On Detroit"
Cobo Hall
Detroit, Michigan
August 28, 1963
"I Have a Dream"
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March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom Lincoln Memorial Washington, DC
September 18, 1963
"Eulogy For Carol Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, And Cynthia Diane Wesley"
Sixth Avenue Baptist Church
Birmingham, Alabama
December 10, 1964
"Acceptance Speech "
Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Oslo, Norway
March 25, 1965
"Our God Is Marching On!"
Steps of the Alabama State Capital Building Montgomery, Alabama
July 4, 1965
"The American Dream"
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Atlanta, Georgia
June 5, 1966
"Guidelines For A Constructive Church"
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Atlanta, Georgia
April 4, 1967
"Beyond Vietnam"
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delivered to the Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam
Riverside Church New York, New York
April 9, 1967
"The Three Dimensions Of A Complete Life"
New Covenant Baptist Church
Chicago, Illinois
August 16, 1967
"Where Do We Go From Here?"
Annual Report of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Atlanta, Georgia
August 27, 1967
"Why Jesus Called A Man A Fool"
Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church
Chicago, Illinois
February 4, 1968
"The Drum Major Instinct"
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Atlanta, Georgia
March 3, 1968
"Unfulfilled Dreams"
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Atlanta, Georgia
March 31, 1968
"Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution"
National Cathedral
Washington, DC
April 3, 1968
"I've Been To The Mountaintop"
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Bishop Charles Mason Temple
Memphis, Tennessee
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