Great speeches: Martin Luther King
Full text and introduction to Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech, delivered at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, on 28 August 1963
Great speeches: Its brilliance was in its simplicity
Great speeches: King this side of Jordan
By the time of his murder in 1968, King was revered internationally as a speaker - as this article from April 1968 shows
200,000 demonstrate for civil rights
August 29 1963: The Washington march for jobs and freedom - the largest demonstration of its kind the capital has ever seen - has been an outstanding success. The target of 100,000 marchers was in fact doubled.
