In August 1963, Billie Jean Brown knew that Martin Luther King Jr. had just delivered a powerful, momentous address.Her then-employer, Motown Records, recorded King’s "I Have a Dream" speech 57 years ago today at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., releasing it later that year on an album titled "The Great March on Washington."But even then, Brown says, she wouldn’t have predicted the enduring — and growing — import the speech would take on as years passed. The
In August 1963, Billie Jean Brown knew that Martin Luther King Jr. had just delivered a powerful, momentous address.Her then-employer, Motown Records, recorded King’s "I Have a Dream" speech 57 years ago today at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., releasing it later that year on an album titled "The Great March on Washington."But even then, Brown says, she wouldn’t have predicted the enduring — and growing — import the speech would take on as years passed. The
In August 1963, Billie Jean Brown knew that Martin Luther King Jr. had just delivered a powerful, momentous address.Her then-employer, Motown Records, recorded King’s "I Have a Dream" speech 57 years ago today at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., releasing it later that year on an album titled "The Great March on Washington."But even then, Brown says, she wouldn’t have predicted the enduring — and growing — import the speech would take on as years passed. The