Road to Freedeom

The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse
Bronx, New York 10456

Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968

During the span of twelve years, a series of events, later hailed as the Civil Rights Movement, would forever change the social and political course of America. The exhibitions chronicles these pivotal moments in the nation’s history.

Organized by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination.

[Cross-posted to Signal Fire. Text adapted from museum website. Graphic from Google image search for 'Bob Adelman.' Caption: "Bob Adelman. 'Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, 1963.' Gelatin silver print.]

"I have a dream."

For the second year running, on the occasion of the U.S. national holiday in his honor, we present below a recording of Dr. Martin Luther King most well-known speech.

From the Wikipedia entry for Martin Luther King: "I Have A Dream" is the popular name given to the public speech in which Dr. King spoke of his desire for a future where blacks and whites among others would coexist harmoniously as equals. Dr. King's delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement."




[Cross-posted to Signal Fire.]