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Fair Housing History
Historical speeches and stories.
MLK, Jr. Speeches
I have a Dream Speech
August 28, 1963, Washington, DC
Gage Park, March to Open Housing, Aug. 5, 1966
Atlanta, 1966
In this WSB newsfilm clip from Atlanta, Georgia in the fall of 1966 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. comments on the United States' Congress failure to pass legislation guaranteeing equal access to housing. King declares that "America has not come to terms on its conscious on the whole question of housing integration." He points to the defeat of the civil rights legislation before the 1966 Congress as an illustration of the North's hypocrisy towards race relations. King condemns Illinois senator Everett Dirksen, senate minority leader, for supporting congressional legislation aimed at southern problems but avoiding legislation that would influence race relations in the north.
Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
Last Speech, April 3, 1968, Mason Temple, Memphis, TN
