"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise ... time in King’s career and in the trajectory of the civil rights movement," Hansen says. Among the era’s triumphs were the Civil Rights ...

When asked in the NBC interview to reflect on the moments behind the “I Have a Dream” speech, King referred to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s that led to the passing of ...

The event featured King’s famous “I have a Dream” speech and showed the prominence of the movement in national politics, ...

Thousands of people in Washington DC have commemorated 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr's famous 'I have a dream' speech - a pivotal event in the civil rights movement. His family and ...

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of his best known speeches, inspiring the assembled crowd with the words, "I have a dream ... of the civil rights movement.

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was an ... Jr. brought people together with powerful words like his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech delivered in Washington, inspiring hope for a ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women's roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...