All Posts Tagged With: "“I Have a Dream” speech"
Doc of the Day: Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Exposition address
On September 18, 1895, Booker T. Washington delivered his Atlanta Exposition address during the opening ceremonies of the Cotton States and International Exposition. The address, which ran a little over ten minutes, propelled the previously unknown principal of Tuskegee Institute, a small black college in rural Alabama, into the national spotlight. By almost any measure, [...]
18Sep2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of some 250,000 people at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Delegations of civil rights supporters from cities across the United States joined together for this massive one-day protest. They had been summoned by the veteran [...]
28Aug2008 | mdblogger | 2 comments | Continued