How Martin Luther King Went Off Script in 'I Have a Dream'

Jan 13, 2016

Martin Luther King, Jr. adviser and speechwriter Clarence B. Jones talks to WSJ's Monika Vosough about how Martin Luther King's favorite gospel singer Mahalia Jackson helped create the "I Have a Dream" speech.

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