Behind the Dream: The Making of the Speech that Transformed a Nation

I have a dream. When those words were spoken on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28 1963 the crowd stood electrified as Martin Luther King Jr. brought the plight of African Americans to the public consciousness and firmly established himself as one of the greatest orators of all time. Behind the Dream is a thrilling behind-the-scenes account of the weeks leading up to the great event as told by Clarence Jones co-writer of the speech and close confidant to King. Jones was there on the road collaborating with the great minds of the time and hammering out the ideas and the speech that would shape the civil rights movement and inspire Americans for years to come.