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Every year, fourth graders read from King's “I have a dream” speech, each one putting a special emphasis on their one memorized sentence and ending with a song. It's King's dream realized: By Melissa Bell | 08:25 AM ET, 01/17/2012 SuperFan badge

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day marks a time for Americans to acknowledge the progress—or lack thereof—made since King's historic “I Have a Dream” speech in the summer of 1963. For many, the federal holiday serves as a call to action to remedy the

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated today, Jan. 16, 2011. The civil rights leader would have been 83 years old today.

Here's a mash-up of some of the songs that have incorporated MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech either by referencing Dr. King's iconic words or by sampling the speech itself.

Eran Thompson of Not in Our Town Billings reads from Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech. Billings' public elementary-school district grew by 330 students last year, and the student-to-teacher ratio in a majority of the

Judy Forte with her parents at Martin Luther King Jr.'s Ebenezer Baptist… (Judy Forte) Reporting from Atlanta — Judy Forte plans to report to her government job Monday morning without a hint of complaint. She is 54 and superintendent of the Martin

Hope and inspiration was the tone Monday as several hundred Wichitans turned out to celebrate and praise the life of Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. “This walk is about respect for what he did,” one participant said. / Robert Scheer / The Star After serving overseas during the Vietnam War, Edward McFarland returned to Indianapolis only to be questioned by police officers

Joshua DuBois, Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director of The White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, shares information about the "Drum Majors for Service" program.

Mary Ann Chastain/Associated Press COLUMBIA, SC — Thousands commemorating the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday Monday outside South Carolina's capitol heard a message that could have been from the civil rights movement a half-century ago: the need

Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated today, Jan. 16, 2012. It's a great day to revisit the "I Have A Dream" speech he delivered in 1963 in Washington, D.C..

SIOUX CITY — Beneath the din of a dishwasher and conversational clutter filling a college cafeteria, five Briar Cliff University students read excerpts from Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. I drift, focusing on the whir of the dish

Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated today, Jan. 16, 2012. It's a great day to revisit the "I Have A Dream" speech he delivered in 1963 in Washington, D.C..

Eran Thompson of Not in Our Town Billings reads from Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech. Billings' public elementary-school district grew by 330 students last year, and the student-to-teacher ratio in a majority of the

in their Sunday best, fresh, young, shining faces eager, nine students took the stage at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center to test their memory, and delivery in public speaking, as they recited portions of King's “I Have a Dream” speech Monday.

Today as Americans remember Martin Luther King Jr. many will focus on the vision King so eloquently illustrated in his “I Have a Dream” speech. However, what is often forgotten is that MLK attempted to accomplish the dream many years after he spoke at

Martin Luther King's Address at March on Washington August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C..

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated today, Jan. 16, 2011. The civil rights leader would have been 83 years old today.

28, 1963 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. By Anonymous Address to civil rights marchers by the Rev

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Northampton High School English teacher Ernie Brill talks about the events that led him to attend the “March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom” on Aug. 28, 1963, when the Rev.