Given its enormous place in American and world history, it is an oratorical masterpiece, and aside from its social impact and spiritual lineage – Christ, Thoreau, Gandhi, King, Mandela, Aung San Su Kyi – it is one of the most remarkable speeches ever delivered.

Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to remember that Monday's holiday is really about helping others.

Photos by Steve Lewis. Mr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is considered one of the great orations in American

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as "a great ...