Martin Luther King Jr. discusses the current state of African American inequality in this rare audio of a speech he gave at the New School in New York, City on February 6, 1964. Continue reading
Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges shares her memories of King's lessons and remembers what it was like to be exposed to civil rights at a young age by being integrated into the New Orleans school system. Continue reading
Congressman John Lewis tells the story of how he wrote a letter about racial discrimination to Martin Luther King Jr. and received not only a reply, but also round trip bus tickets to visit him in Montgomery to discuss the issue. Continue reading
Senator Harris Wofford, special assistant to JFK on Civil Rights, recalls his sadness at the loss of his three good friends: JFK, Martin Luther King and RFK. Continue reading
Larry Rubin discusses the role of labor at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom held on August 28, 1963 Continue reading
Senator Harris Wofford discusses how Martin Luther King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy both felt about an executive civil rights measure and the March on Washington. Continue reading
Clarence Jones talks about how the size of the audience influenced MLK's delivery of the 'I Have a Dream' speech. Continue reading
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver recalls the morning of the March on Washington when MLK's staff teased him about the size of the crowd being only 25,000 attendees. Continue reading
George Raveling describes how he came to own the actual copy of the "I Have a Dream" speech that Martin Luther King, Jr., read on the day of the March. Continue reading
George Raveling, "in the right place at the right time," owns and protects the actual physical speech that Martin Luther King, Jr., read that day. He recalls hearing Kennedy ask MLK not to speak at the March. Continue reading
