Clarence Jones, who helped write MLK's “I Have a Dream†speech, to be honored ...

Despite these obvious challenges, today, America will turn to its iconic dreamer for direction on where we should be striving for as a country from his classic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech. Speeches will be made and interpretations will be offered on

It's important to remember that Martin Luther King Jr.'s career did not end with "I have a dream" speech. He went on. He went on to extend his concerns and activism. And as he did, his popularity and reputation among

We celebrate the birth and life of Martin Luther King Jr on this day; his birthday! Some 48 years ago Martin delivered his most famous speech I Have A Dream on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Jones, an author and Stanford University scholar, is best known for helping King craft the opening paragraphs of his "I Have a Dream" speech. When King was jailed in Birmingham, Ala., it was Jones who took his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" out to

By Oralandar Brand-Williams "I have a Dream" speech debuted in Detroit: Mike Smith, archivist at Wayne State's Walter P. Reuther Library, talks about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic speech at Cobo Arena. Detroit — The Rev.