Below are excerpts from various sermons, speeches and other addresses
of Martin Luther King, Jr. The excerpts are available in Quicktime
and Realmedia
format. Simply click on "Buy the Audiotapes" to purchase
the full versions.
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Clayborne Carson and Peter Holloran, eds. A Knock at Midnight:
Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther
King, Jr. (New York: Warner Books, 1998).
Purchase
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"Rediscovering
Lost Values"
- 28 February 1954
Delivered at Second Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan |
- Clip 1:
- Quicktime
- Realmedia
- Clip 2:
- Quicktime
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"Paul's
Letter to American Christians" - 4 November 1956
Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery,
Alabama
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- Quicktime
- Realmedia
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"Loving
Your Enemies" - 17 November 1957
Delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery,
Alabama
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- Quicktime
- Realmedia
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"A
Knock at Midnight" - 1963
Published in Strength to Love in 1963
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- Quicktime
- Realmedia
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"The
American Dream" - 4 July 1965
Delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia
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- Clip 1:
- Quicktime
- Realmedia
- Clip 2:
- Quicktime
- Realmedia
- Clip 3:
- Quicktime
- Realmedia
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"The
Three Dimensions of a Complete Life" - 9 April 1967
Delivered at New Covenant Baptist Church in Chicago,
Illinois
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- Clip 1:
- Quicktime
- Realmedia
- Clip 2:
- Quicktime
- Clip 3:
- Quicktime
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"Why
Jesus Called a Man a Fool" - 27 August 1967
Delivered at Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church in
Chicago, Illinois
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- Clip 1:
- Quicktime
- Realmedia
- Clip 2:
- Quicktime
- Clip
3:
- Quicktime
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"The
Drum Major Instinct" - 4 February 1968
Delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia
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- Quicktime
- Realmedia
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"Unfulfilled
Dreams " - 3 March 1968
Delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia
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- Clip 1:
- Quicktime
- Realmedia
- Clip 2:
- Quicktime
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"Remaining
Awake Through a Great Revolution " -31 March 1968
Delivered at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
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- Clip 1:
- Quicktime
- Realmedia
- Clip 2:
- Quicktime
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Clayborne Carson, ed. The Autobiography of Martin Luther
King, Jr. (New York: Warner Books, 1998).
Purchase
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Letter
From Birmingham Jail - 16 April 1963
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- Quicktime
Realmedia
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Address
at March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom - 28 August
1963 (The "I Have a Dream" speech)
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- Quicktime
Realmedia
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Acceptance
Speech at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony - 10 December 1964
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- Quicktime
Realmedia
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Beyond
Vietnam - 4 April 1967
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- Quicktime
Realmedia
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I've
Been To The Mountaintop - 3 April 1968 (King's last speech)
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- Quicktime
Realmedia
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Clayborne Carson and Kris Shepard, eds. A Call to Conscience:
The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (New
York: IPM/Warner Books, 2001).
Purchase
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MIA
Mass Meeting at Holt Street Baptist Church - 5
December 1955
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- Realmedia
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"The
Birth of a New Nation," Sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist
Church - 7 April 1957
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- Realmedia
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"Give
Us the Ballot," Address at the Prayer Pilgrimage for
Freedom - 17 May 1957
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- Realmedia
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Speech
at Great March on Detroit - 23 June 1963
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- Realmedia
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"Eulogy
for the Martyred Children"
- 18 September 1963
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- Realmedia
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"Our
God Is Marching On!" - 25
March 1965
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- Realmedia
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"Where
Do We Go From Here?" - 16
August 1967
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- Realmedia
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