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''The American Dream,'' Address at St. Paul's Church

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document630514-003
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Document Date
5/14/1963
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
630514-003
Document Date
5/14/1963
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 8
Place Written
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Genre
Speech
Document Length
8 pp.
Dates
5/11/1963
1938-1952
Names
John XXIII, Pope
Tucker, Beverley D. [Episcopal Church. Diocese of Ohio]
McCracken, William [St. Paul's Church (Cleveland Heights, Ohio)]
Hope, Bob
King, Coretta Scott
Donne, John
Benedict, Ruth
Mead, Margaret
Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean)
Noah (Biblical figure)
Ham (Biblical figure)
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Aristotle
Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
Jesus Christ
King, Alfred Daniel
Meredith, James [University of Mississippi]
Amos (Biblical prophet)
Lincoln, Abraham
Jefferson, Thomas
Organizations
St. Paul's Church (Cleveland Heights, Ohio)
Catholic Church
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Ohio
Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
White Citizens Council
A. G. Gaston Motel (Birmingham, Ala.)
Mount Olive Baptist Church (Sasser, Ga.)
Mount Mary Baptist Church (Sasser, Ga.)
University of Mississippi (Oxford, Miss.)
United Nations
Places
Birmingham, Ala.
Los Angeles, Calif.
New York, N.Y.
Tokyo, Japan
Seattle, Wash.
India
Africa
South America
Anniston, Ala.
Mississippi
Sasser, Ga.
Topics
Afro-Americans - Civil rights
Afro-Americans - Economic conditions
Agape
Birmingham, 1963
Christian Education
Church and Race Relations
Civil Disobedience
Communism
Nuclear Disarmament
Poverty
School integration
Freedom rides
Direct action
India trip
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Nonviolence
Bombings
Other Topics
Colossians 3:22
Ephesians 6:5
Matthew 5:44
Amos 5:24
Matthew 26:52
Code for Location of Original
OClhStP
Location of Original
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
10/17/2002 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
10/24/2002 13:52:42
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9/23/2022 dalai
Date Updated
10/3/2025 8:57:52 AM
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