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''The American Dream,'' Address at Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims

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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Document Date
2/10/1963
Genre
Speech
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Document ID
630210-000
Document Date
2/10/1963
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
v. cut
Cal. 8
Place Written
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Genre
Speech
Document Length
15 pp.
Dates
2/3/1959-3/18/1959
Names
Hope, Bob
King, Coretta Scott
Buber, Martin
Donne, John
Mead, Margaret
Benedict, Ruth
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean)
Noah (Biblical figure)
Ham (Biblical figure)
Aristotle
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Washington, Booker T.
Hayes, Roland
Anderson, Marian
Toscanini, Arturo
Sibelius, Jean
Carver, George Washington
Bethune, Mary McLeod
Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson)
Darwin, Charles
Spencer, Herbert
Plato
Poe, Edgar Allan
Lee, Annabel
Shakespeare, William
Jesus Christ
Thoreau, Henry David
Gandhi, Mahatma
Meredith, James
Amos (Biblical prophet)
Lincoln, Abraham
Jefferson, Thomas
Carlyle, Thomas
Bryant, William Cullen
Lowell, James Russell
Organizations
Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
White Citizens Council
Shady Grove Baptist Church (Leesburg, Ga.)
Mount Olive Baptist Church (Sasser, Ga.)
Mount Mary Baptist Church (Sasser, Ga.)
University of Mississippi (Oxford, Miss.)
Places
Los Angeles, Calif.
New York, N.Y.
Tokyo, Japan
Seattle, Wash.
India
Virginia
Anniston, Ala.
Oxford, Miss.
Gordon County, Ga.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Lee County, Ga.
Terrell County, Ga.
Finland
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
India trip
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views
Agape
Freedom rides
Sit-ins
International Cooperation
Nuclear Disarmament
Nonviolence
Other Topics
Ephesians 6:5
Matthew 26:52
Matthew 5:44
Amos 5:24
Code for Location of Original
MLKJP-GAMK
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
1/19/1996 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
01/22/1996
1/24/2022 mcweaver
Date Updated
4/25/2025 9:38:18 AM
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