He was already headed that way with the "Poor People's Campaign, " says Jones, author of "Behind the Dream, " which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of King's dream speech.
Now it's time for us to get to work to achieve not just King's dream but the American dream.
Many say this is a downpayment on Martin Luther King's dream.
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And the President described the monument as a reminder that King's dream of "a land in which all of God's children might come together in a spirit of brotherhood" still beckons.
It was because of HBCUs that a young preacher grew into a king that shared his dream with all of America.
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Forty-five years to the day after Martin Luther King spoke of his dream, America will take a giant leap towards the realisation of that great call for justice.
Dr. King obviously had a dream of justice and equality in our society, but he also had a dream of service, that you could be a drum major for service, that you could lead by giving back to our communities.
And yet despite all of this, despite the bitterness of the past, despite the difficulties of the present, despite the uncertainty of the future, Dr. King held fast to his dream.
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"What you see happening here tonight is the down payment of the fulfillment of dream of Martin Luther King, " he said.
It had been years since Selma and Montgomery, since Dr. King had told America of his dream -- all of it culminating in the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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The landscaped memorial would lie near the Lincoln Memorial, where King gave his "I have a dream" speech in 1963.
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"It's been 45 years since Dr. King spoke about 'I Have a Dream, ' " said Lenny McAllister, an African-American conservative blogger, referring to the Rev.
President Obama, joined by the First Family, toured the memorial and then spoke at the dedication ceremony in honor of Dr. King's work to make his dream a reality for all.
But "Rize" -- the title derives from the "rise up" phrase in Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech -- goes back to the phenomenon's roots, and shows what drives the dancers to dance as they do.
Randolph marched with King the day he told the crowd he had a dream.
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Filled with exotic trees and flowers, Kungsparken (King's Park) is a gardener's dream.
On one side, it reads, "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope, " from Dr. King's speech, "I Have a Dream, " presented at the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his thunderous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington 45 years ago this week, he did so before the largest political gathering the nation had ever seen.
He will also read from the "I Have a Dream" speech of civil rights activist Martin Luther King during the orchestra's performance of Alexander Miller's Let Freedom Ring.
Martin Luther King Jr. in the civil rights movement when she said King needed a partner like then-President Lyndon Johnson to make his dream a reality.
King founded in Atlanta as a memorial to her husband's work and dream after his assassination, was flying at half-staff.
And I think it's important to remember that, in the march on Washington, where Dr. King always talks about -- or it's always repeated, the dream speech that is so famous -- that march was for jobs, as well as justice.
Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, one of the most inspirational orations in history.
Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" in 1889 cleverly explains his hero's Camelot journey as a hazy dream.
Yet Martin Luther King III believes that one day we will be able to live every word of his father's dream.
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