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Gettysburg Address & I Have a Dream
President Lincoln used the Declaration of Independence to prove his point that slavery went against the very fabric of America. He used the phrase during the Gettysburg Address: Four score…
Martin Luther King: 1968
In 1968, America was feeling the heat of civil unrest, much of which was a reaction to the civil rights movement. The idea of blacks being brought into racial…
Martin Luther King: Black Power
By the mid-1960s, Martin Luther King’s role as the unchallenged leader of the Civil Rights Movement was questioned by many younger blacks. Activists such as Stokely Carmichael of the Student…
Martin Luther King: SCLC Protest
In the early 1960s Martin Luther King led the SCLC in a series of protest campaigns that gained national attention. The first was in 1961 in Albany, Georgia, where the…
Martin Luther King: Early Life
Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, the eldest son of Martin Luther Martin Luther King Sr., a Baptist minister, and Alberta Williams Martin Luther…
Martin Luther King Center
Established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King, The King Center is the official, living memorial dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of…
I Have a Dream Speech
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years…
James Earl Ray: Life, Prison & Death
James Earl Ray, the accused assassin of Dr. Martin Luther Martin Luther King, Jr., is knocMartin Luther King on death’s door with an appeal for justice. Ray, who is suffering…
Martin Luther King: Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery’s black community had long-standing grievances about the mistreatment of blacks on city buses. Many white bus drivers treated blacks rudely, often cursing them and humiliating them by enforcing the…
Martin Luther King: Witness Report
If Ray did not shoot Martin Luther King from the boarding house bathroom window, where did the shot come from? One witness sitting in front of the bank of trees…
Martin Luther King: Motel Lorraine
Local newspapers mocked Martin Luther King when he announced he was coming back to Memphis for a second round. Among other snipes and barbs, the local press criticized him for…
Martin Luther King: James Earl Ray
As soon as Martin Luther King fell, an aide, believed to be Marrell McCullough, pointed to the bathroom window of Bessie Brewer’s boarding house. The fingers of others followed him,…
