/ By Bruce Ackerman

MLK Jr. Day Essentials [VIDEO]

The "Mountaintop," "Beyond Vietnam," and "I Have a Dream" speeches... and Colbert.

January 14, 2007 |

There's more of course, much more; but for now just listen to/watch these speeches of Martin Luther King Jr. and be silent.

The first is the last. Dr King gave his famous "mountaintop" speech the day before he died, declaring eerily (scroll down....):

This clip is followed by the famous "I Have a Dream" speech, the "Beyond Vietnam" speech, and finally Stephen Colbert's "I Have a Dreamsicle" parody.

Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.

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