Let Freedom Ring!

For the third year running, we highlight a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King's most famous speech on the occasion of the national holiday in his honor.

We wish all a happy MLK Jr. Day!

Click here to listen to the speech, featured in a 2010 post.

[Graphic from Google image search for Martin Luther King Jr.]

"I Have a Dream"

To mark the 47th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's most famous speech , we re-present this historic recording. First part of two weekend posts celebrating motion pictures.

From the Wikipedia entry for Martin Luther King: "I Have A Dream" is the popular name given to the public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., when he spoke of his desire for a future where blacks and whites among others would coexist harmoniously as equals. King's delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement."

Let freedom ring!

Let Freedom Ring!

[For the second year running, we present a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King's most famous speech on the occasion of the national holiday in his honor. From the Wikipedia entry for Martin Luther King: "I Have A Dream" is the popular name given to the public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., when he spoke of his desire for a future where blacks and whites among others would coexist harmoniously as equals. King's delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement."]

We Are One

[As part of the U.S. Presidential Inauguration festivities: as of Monday, HBO was still making available a stream of this weekend's concert at the Lincoln Memorial, site of Martin Luther King's 1963 celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech. see post below.]

Listen [while you can!]

[screen grab of Bruce Springsteen performing "The Rising" at the concert.]

Let Freedom Ring!

[Wishing all a brilliant Martin Luther King holiday, below, a recording of Dr. King's most famous speech. From the Wikipedia entry for Martin Luther King: ""I Have A Dream" is the popular name given to the public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., when he spoke of his desire for a future where blacks and whites among others would coexist harmoniously as equals. King's delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement."]