From the Freegal Files

Published on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 12:12pm

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Most Famous Speeches

If you are unfamiliar with Freegal, it is a service provided through the DC Public Library that allows you to download three mp3s per week, which are then yours to keep forever — they do not need to be returned and they will never expire.

Normally, those of us at the library talk about Freegal's amazing music collection, but did you know that Freegal's catalog contains spoken word recordings as well?

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, check out Freegal's collection of his speeches in audio format. Simply log in to Freegal using your DC Public Library card here, and search for "Martin Luther King Jr." under the artist field.


Cover of "Been to the Mountaintop"
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize
  • Bloody Sunday, Selma, Alabama
  • Reflections On Peaceful Marches
  • Been to the Mountaintop (Final Speech)
Cover of "Free at Last"
  • A Knock At Midnight Sermon
Cover of "We Shall Overcome"
  • We Shall Overcome
Cover of "I Have a Dream"
  • March On Washington - Lincoln Memorial
  • Brown Chapel - Selma, Alabama
  • Final Speech - April 3, 1968
  • MLK Euology given by Robert F. Kennedy


Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

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