King said his dream was ‘deeply rooted in the American dream’ — a dream ‘that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed’

Join Springfield’s Lincoln museum Jan. 19 for MLK Day events, including a live speech, skating, historian talks and a blood drive.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Msgr. Charles Owen Rice march to the United Nations in New York in this April 1967 photo. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday, which is observed annually on the third Monday of January, will be observed this year on Jan. 19. (OSV News photo/Pittsburgh Catholic)

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Some say President-elect Barack Obama's election has the same historical significance as the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln to free slaves, and the civil ...

WASHINGTON (WKRC/SBG) - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 28, 1963. The Baptist preacher who would go on to win the Nobel Peace Prize gave the address ...