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The Essential Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I Have a Dream
Introducing the Martin Luther King Jr Library With a New Foreword by Amanda Gorman - A beautiful collectible edition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legendary speech at the March on Washington, laid out to follow the cadence of his oration—part of Dr. King’s archives published exclusively by HarperCollins.
On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before thousands of Americans who had gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in the name of civil rights. Including the immortal words , “I have a dream,� Dr. King’s keynote speech would energize a movement and change the course of history.
With references tothe Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, Shakespeare, and the Bible,Dr. King’s March on Washington address has long been hailed as one of the greatest pieces of writing and oration in history. Profound and deeply moving, it is as relevant today as it was nearly sixty years earlier.
This beautifully designed hardcover edition presents Dr. King’s speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.
On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before thousands of Americans who had gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. in the name of civil rights. Including the immortal words , “I have a dream,� Dr. King’s keynote speech would energize a movement and change the course of history.
With references tothe Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, Shakespeare, and the Bible,Dr. King’s March on Washington address has long been hailed as one of the greatest pieces of writing and oration in history. Profound and deeply moving, it is as relevant today as it was nearly sixty years earlier.
This beautifully designed hardcover edition presents Dr. King’s speech in its entirety, paying tribute to this extraordinary leader and his immeasurable contribution, and inspiring a new generation of activists dedicated to carrying on the fight for justice and equality.
126 pages, Hardcover
Published August 23, 2022
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Martin Luther King Jr.
365books3,369followersMartin Luther King, Jr. was one of the pivotal leaders of the American civil rights movement. King was a Baptist minister, one of the few leadership roles available to black men at the time. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955�1956) and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957), serving as its first president. His efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream� speech. Here he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a national holiday in the United States in 1986. In 2004, King was posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a national holiday in the United States in 1986. In 2004, King was posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.
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February 1, 2025
Beautiful speech, a monument of history indeed, but it is definitely not just an old relic of the past, but a clear reminder that we still need to fight for this dream.
November 15, 2024
This edition starts with a foreword by Amanda Gorman, followed by a reading of the speech narrated by Blair Underwood, and finally the audio of the actual speech by Martin Luther King Jr. I usually listen to audiobooks at 1.5x speed, but to increase the speed of this narration would have done a disservice to this important speech.
November 14, 2022
On ne présente plus le pasteur et le fervent militant pour le mouvement américain des droits civiques qu’était Martin Luther King. On ne présente plus, non plus, sa célèbre phrase restée gravée dans toutes les mémoires : "I have a dream", prononcée lors de son discours du 28 août 1963 à Washington.
Pour autant, je n’avais personnellement jamais lu l’intégralité de cette allocution. C’est désormais chose faite avec cette belle réédition qui sert de vibrant hommage au très grand orateur qu’il était et au combat qu’il a mené.
Destiné à fédérer, ce discours a une structure particulière et un style très riche. Il utilise plusieurs procédés permettant de mettre en valeur l’argumentation : des anaphores, des métaphores, des antithèses, des hyperboles, une énumération de verbes à l’infinitif� C’est très efficace !
La mise en page résulte également d’un choix judicieux. Le découpage est minutieusement travaillé, présentant seulement quelques lignes par page, ce qui permet au texte de résonner à l’écrit comme s’il était prononcé avec les bonnes accentuations à l’oral.
En somme, c’est un beau livre à avoir dans sa bibliothèque, préfacé par la jeune poétesse Amanda Gorman et comprenant aussi le discours de l’artiste Joséphine Baker !
Pour autant, je n’avais personnellement jamais lu l’intégralité de cette allocution. C’est désormais chose faite avec cette belle réédition qui sert de vibrant hommage au très grand orateur qu’il était et au combat qu’il a mené.
Destiné à fédérer, ce discours a une structure particulière et un style très riche. Il utilise plusieurs procédés permettant de mettre en valeur l’argumentation : des anaphores, des métaphores, des antithèses, des hyperboles, une énumération de verbes à l’infinitif� C’est très efficace !
La mise en page résulte également d’un choix judicieux. Le découpage est minutieusement travaillé, présentant seulement quelques lignes par page, ce qui permet au texte de résonner à l’écrit comme s’il était prononcé avec les bonnes accentuations à l’oral.
En somme, c’est un beau livre à avoir dans sa bibliothèque, préfacé par la jeune poétesse Amanda Gorman et comprenant aussi le discours de l’artiste Joséphine Baker !
February 22, 2025
These short books are great. It is a different experience reading Dr. King's speeches, especially since most of the short videos presented from that day don't contain important elements of the speech's theme. I liked the afterword by Dexter Scott King much more than the forwards by his brother and sister, but my focus was on the speech itself, which of course was magnificent.
March 27, 2025
A wonderful version of this so famous speech, presented in both a new remastering as well as the original recording, complemented with a worthwhile preface and an afterword.
Highly recommend audiobook, something to come back to again and again to get the necessary piece of hope and inspiration in tough times.
Highly recommend audiobook, something to come back to again and again to get the necessary piece of hope and inspiration in tough times.
August 17, 2024
touching!
November 7, 2022
“My poem may have been a solo performance, but I was just one voice in a chorus of people who continue to call back to Dr. King's surviving vision.�
[Meinung]
“I have a dream�, der wohl berühmteste Satz der Menschheit. Ein Satz, der einiges veränderte. Ich selbst hatte die Rede von Martin Luther King noch nie gehört/gelesen, bevor ich dieses Buch in den Händen hielt. Doch der Satz war mir deutlich bekannt.
Während dem Lesen, in englisch, sowohl auch in Deutsch, habe ich Gänsehaut bekommen. Zu wissen das etliche Menschen sich an dem Lincoln Memorial in DC versammelt hatten, was sie wohl gefühlt hatten, gedacht hatten�?
Wir alle haben Träume. Der Traum von Freiheit und Gleichberechtigung.
Auch wenn es sich heutzutage geändert haben scheint, gibt es noch einiges woran man arbeiten muss.
September 21, 2022
Dr. King's I Have a Dream speech isn't just one of the best delivered speeches in American history, it is also one of the best written*. Of course, the text is still best read while listening to audio of the actual speech :)
As for this particular edition, the manner in which lines and phrases appear on successive pages seems to line up pretty well with Dr. King's actual cadence. So to the extent to which this can actually be considered a "book," I'll say it does a good job.
*Perhaps even more impressively, it was also partially .
As for this particular edition, the manner in which lines and phrases appear on successive pages seems to line up pretty well with Dr. King's actual cadence. So to the extent to which this can actually be considered a "book," I'll say it does a good job.
*Perhaps even more impressively, it was also partially .
August 19, 2023
Traducción del increíble discurso del reverendo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Con un prólogo de Amanda Gorman... el discurso no por nada sigue teniendo eco hasta nuestros días.
Un muy breve pero hermoso libro, sobre un tema que sigue siendo difícil en Estados Unidos.
Un muy breve pero hermoso libro, sobre un tema que sigue siendo difícil en Estados Unidos.
September 4, 2023
So refreshing and powerful!
Reading over the “I Have A Dream� speech ignites a fire in me that says “continue to run on�. “Don’t ever stop; pay day is coming after while�. Inspiration thru time. Dr. King still speaks to us thru the change of time.🤗🙏🏾
Reading over the “I Have A Dream� speech ignites a fire in me that says “continue to run on�. “Don’t ever stop; pay day is coming after while�. Inspiration thru time. Dr. King still speaks to us thru the change of time.🤗🙏🏾
December 25, 2022
Perhaps the best speech ever written. Everyone should read or listen to these amazing words, and try to live up to the ideals represented by Dr. King's message of hope, endurance and acceptance.
January 29, 2023
"I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream." MLK Jr.
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