RADIO: Facinating Story on MLK's 'I Have A Dream' Speech

[Ryan Goble]

This is an excellent radio story from NPR that details how MLK's famous "I have a dream" speech was created and the explores the sources that inspired it. It also looks at the intellectual issues surrounding the work. This is worth your fifteen minutes.

Summary from the 'On the Media' website.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermons frequently relied on improvisation - King drew on sources and references that were limited only by his imagination and memory. It’s a gift on full display in King's 'I Have A Dream' speech, but it also conflicts with the intellectual property laws that have been strenuously used by his estate since his death. OTM producer Jamie York speaks withDrew Hansen, Keith Miller, Michael Eric Dyson and Lewis Hyde about King, imagination and the consequences of limiting access to art and ideas.