He often talked about not living to see his vision realized, as he did in a sermon delivered in 1959 that came to be called 'Shattered Dreams.' But this was actually a theme that threaded through many of the speeches and sermons he delivered. King often reflected on his own mortality because there had been many threats against him. Day, Here & Now listens back to his words that still resonate today. left behind a legacy of inspiring words in the many sermons and speeches he delivered during his push for civil rights. When he was assassinated in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington where King delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech on Aug.
