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I Have a Dream

Commemorating its 50th anniversary, international figures read passages from Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech.

Martin Luther King鈥檚 I Have a Dream speech is one of the most powerful and passionate political statements of the 20th century.

This unique tribute programme seeks to commemorate Dr King鈥檚 legacy through his words. Global figures read the sections of the speech which resonate with their own experiences and aspirations.

The programme is introduced by Clayborne Carson, director of the Martin Luther King Jr Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. Professor Carson was chosen by Dr King's widow to edit and publish the papers of her late husband.

27 minutes

Last on

Wed 28 Aug 2013 14:32GMT
成人快手 World Service Online

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  • Watch the specially commissioned slideshow to accompany the programme

  • The global figures reading the speech talk about their perspective of the speech.

  • A selection of programmes covering Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream' speech.

The readers are...

  • , who spoke at the 1963 March
  • , American author and civil rights activist
  • , Nobel Peace Laureate and economist
  • , mother of murdered British teenager Stephen Lawrence
  • , Chinese democracy campaigner
  • , former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, first female President of Ireland
  • , jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his contribution to the peace process in Northern Ireland
  • , anti-apartheid campaigner, judge on South Africa's Constitutional Court
  • , first female Head of State in Africa
  • , Palestinian lawyer, author and human rights activist
  • , granddaughter of Nelson Mandela
  • , Chilean American author and human rights activist
  • , Israeli author and peace campaigner
  • , Iran's first female judge, Nobel Peace Laureate
  • , 16 year old student from Swat in Pakistan, shot by the Taliban
  • , Indian peace campaigner and environmentalist
  • , Venezuelan educator, and musician
  • , American musician and activist, performer at the 1963 March on Washington
  • , American musician, singer and songwriter. Campaigner for Martin Luther King's birthday to become a national holiday in the United States

Broadcast

  • Wed 28 Aug 2013 14:32GMT
    成人快手 World Service Online