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On the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s famous ‘I Have a Dream,' a forgotten speech from more than a decade earlier reveals what helped inspire it. Chicago preacher Archibald Carey, Jr’s landmark 1952 civil rights speech was thought to be lost to history, until WBEZ found it. Here's the speech in its entirety with a brief introduction of Carey at the top. (special thanks to the Eisenhower Presidential Library)

[Archibald Carey, a black preacher from Chicago, was a friend of Republican President Dwight Eisenhower. Eisenhower had Mr. Carey speak at the 1952 Republican Convention in Chicago. The text below is from the speech Mr. Carey gave at that convention. Next to it the link is text from MLK Jr.'s speech.]