A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was an important moment in U.S. history. While some might argue that ...

CHICAGO -- The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled the first talking Martin Luther King Jr. bobblehead Monday. The bobblehead, which is officially licensed through King's estate, ...

(ThyBlackMan.com) Many experts in neuroscience and psychology have concluded that dreams are essential for all of humanity. Dreams are needed for our mental, emotional, and physical health. Before ...

I still believe in the dream — not as a distant hope, but as a call to action. On Thursday, we’ll march again, this time on ...

I Have a Dream, speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., that was delivered on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington. A call for equality and freedom, it became one of the defining moments of the ...

WASHINGTON (WKRC/SBG) - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 28, 1963. The Baptist preacher who ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was addressing a crowd of 260,000 when gospel singer Mahalia Jackson shouted, “Tell ’em about the dream, Martin.” King then departed from his prepared text to make an ...

Tchanori Kone's words won her the first place at a Houston speech competition. — -- A fifth-grade Texas girl paid tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. nearly 50 years after his death with ...

Aug. 28 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1922, a New York City realty company paid $100 for the first radio commercial, on station WEAF. In 1941, Nazi German, Hungarian and Ukrainian police ...

Rights leaders of the '60s say MLK legacy lives on in vision, if not execution. Jan. 21, 2013— -- Rev. Joseph Lowery remembers when the 1960s South was burning with racism -- the day a white man ...

The inauguration of the 47th president of the United States coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that should prompt us all to reflect on my late father’s legacy of justice, ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 28, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ...