Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” address at 1963’s March on Washington is perhaps the most famous speech in American history. But fewer people remember the man behind King’s dream metaphor: a White banker named James Truslow Adams.

Doing justice onstage to the legacies of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X is a high bar; higher still are the present stakes for making the most of the opportunity. At Ford’s Theatre, first-time playwright Chess Jakobs is making a ...

The estate of Martin Luther King Jr. continues to hold strong copyright protections on the civil rights leader’s speeches and writings