Editor's Note: This story was orignially published on npr.org on Feb. 7, 2024. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, is so ...

The late Rev. Jackson’s words shaped politics as a leader in the Civil Rights movement. He joined WBEZ’s former program Reset in February 2020 to discuss with host Jen White his many speeches, ...

This video dives into the world’s most famous speeches, chosen directly by viewers from sixteen different countries. From national liberation moments to wartime declarations, each speech carries a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WMBD) – People will have a chance to see a handwritten original edition copy of one of America’s most famous ...

Nelson Mandela is in the hospital with a collapsed lung. Doctors say that he is in no immediate danger, but then again he is 92 years old. He has stayed largely out of the public eye for years, of ...

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester ...

Jason Kelce set the standard. There was never a speech like his parade address — a detailed, alcohol and love fueled oration for the ages at the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum steps — before, ...