Topic: I Have a Dream speech

Civil rights activists, lawmakers and thousands of citizens assembled in Washington, D.C., Friday to rally against police brutality and call on voters to spur change with the November presidential election.

U.S. President Barack Obama said some blacks have had "unimaginable" success, but the wealth gap between blacks and whites has grown since the Civil Rights era.

Presidents Obama, Clinton and Carter, along with civil rights luminaries will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963.

U.S. first lady Michelle Obama spoke Tuesday of the importance of remembering less heralded civil rights activists such as Whitney Young.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech has had a lasting impact because of the rhetorical and literary devices within it, analysts say.

Voting rights were a main topic when tens of thousands gathered in Washington, nearly 50 years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.

Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at event marking 50th anniversary of March on Washington.

President Obama will observe the March on Washington's 50th anniversary at the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.

A controversially paraphrased quote on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington has been removed, the statue's sculptor said.

Thursday marked the 45th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, which galvanized the civil rights movement.