<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[W. Jason Miller]]></title><description><![CDATA[W. Jason Miller]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/news</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 02:56:18 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.wjasonmiller.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[NC State professor's film reveals MLK's iconic 'I Have A Dream' speech has origins in Rocky Mount]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Ken Smith From WRAL News In celebration of Black History Month, a new documentary from an NC State professor explores the inspiration behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Dream” speech. Through his research, Jason Miller found that King first uttered that historic refrain at a gym in Rocky Mount—nine months before the March on Washington.  Read More...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/nc-state-professor-s-film-reveals-mlk-s-iconic-i-have-a-dream-speech-has-origins-in-rocky-mount</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7b8ce646a4e908b7154e4</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2865b0_c1c73dd784754206a265ca7de67330c8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_794,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too 'Tangled up in Blues': A Look Inside Bob Dylan's 1974 Notebooks]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Jason Miller From The Dylan Review Over twenty pages of Dylan’s handwritten lyrics to “Tangled Up in Blue” (1974) are now available for study at the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. These lyrics are located in two small 5 in. x 3 in. spiral notebooks from 1974. All forty-five pages of each notebook are filled, and one contains personal notes commingled with revised song lyrics to what would become the iconic 1975 album Blood on the Tracks. The album chronicles Dylan working through a...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/too-tangled-up-in-blues-a-look-inside-bob-dylan-s-1974-notebooks</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d900ca515c02011a0bb152</guid><category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_4262df7eff4d42bdb83e6a6669baf5c7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_196,h_286,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Origin of the Dream” film by NC State professor adds depth, historical context to MLK’s time in NC]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Damien Reed From The Technician The film “Origin of the Dream” was screened in the James B. Hunt Jr. Library Auditorium on Thursday, Jan. 22 as a part of MLK Commemoration Week, shedding light on North Carolina’s role in the Civil Rights Movement and the long-term impact Martin Luther King Jr. made on those that heard him speak. The film was created by Jason Miller, a distinguished professor, in collaboration with Emmy-award winning filmmaker Neal Hutcheson and featured many academics and...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/origin-of-the-dream-film-by-nc-state-professor-adds-depth-historical-context-to-mlk-s-time-in-nc</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7b9bb4e4fe2e3f72a493c</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_41c26f1a15d24418857f55c2a88e0a7d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_749,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Origin of the Dream — How Langston Hughes inspired Martin Luther King, Jr.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Source: PBS Documentary on Vimeo This hour-long documentary was researched by Jason Miller, and produced by Rebecca Cerese and Emmy Award-winner Neal Hutcheson. It traces King's first use of "I Have a Dream" in Rocky Mount, NC (November 27, 1962) and documents how Langston Hughes's poetry inspired King's dream metaphor. The documentary features Danny Glover, Ambassador Andrew Young, Rev. William Barber II, David Garrow, and the final on-camera interview with Julian Bond. Surviving attendees...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/origin-of-the-dream-how-langston-hughes-inspired-martin-luther-king-jr</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d660f1bf4ea4bc23072c02</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://vimeo.com/1152561725" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stanford's Dr. Lerone Martin &#38; NC State's Dr. Jason Miller on MLK's Dream &#38; Langston Hughes's Poetry]]></title><description><![CDATA[From The Learning Curve Podcast (Pioneer Institute) In this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day  episode of The Learning Curve , co-hosts U-Ark Prof. Albert Cheng  and Alisha Searcy of the Center for Public Schools speak with Dr. Lerone Martin , Martin Luther King, Jr. Centennial Professor at Stanford University, and Dr. Jason Miller , Distinguished Professor of English at North Carolina State University. They explore the religious, literary, and historical foundations of MLK’s thought and rhetoric,...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/stanford-s-dr-lerone-martin-nc-state-s-dr-jason-miller-on-mlk-s-dream-langston-hughes-s-poetry</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d908454750526d40bcb522</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2865b0_e9125e288f134f6399faabf67a931a4e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_767,h_432,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Podcast: The Origin of MLK Jr.’s ‘ I Have a Dream’ Speech]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Tracey Peake From NC State University News Jason Miller joins us to talk about the full-length documentary he’s produced on the origin and evolution of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most famous speech. Most people associate King’s most famous refrain, “I have a dream,” with the speech he gave at the March on Washington in 1963. Miller’s documentary explores King’s first recorded usage of that phrase, which occurred in Rocky Mount, NC in 1962. Listen Here]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/podcast-the-origin-of-mlk-jr-s-i-have-a-dream-speech</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d909aef6703ec22bea2ce5</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2865b0_72f009f4b8bf4e2c8b5aafc8f90f7c25~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the Poetry of Langston Hughes Inspired Martin Luther King’s First Dream]]></title><description><![CDATA[By UF Press Martin Luther King, Jr. first spoke of “dreams” in a sermon he delivered on April 5, 1959.  His subject that day was disappointment, not hope. The focus of his sermon came when he said: “Very few people are privileged to live life with all of their dreams realized and all of their hopes fulfilled. Who here this morning has not had to face the agony of blasted hopes and shattered dreams?” Though it doesn’t flash on first glance, King’s reference to unfulfilled and shattered dreams...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/how-the-poetry-of-langston-hughes-inspired-martin-luther-king-s-first-dream</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7b58789f9e676eca409e6</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2865b0_ab0b9e833fa449db8d1e7719687e4504~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding King’s Speech: English Professor’s Research Uncovers Historic Recording]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Lauren Kirkpatrik From NC State University News For years, Rocky Mount citizens have told tales about hearing the first rendition of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech. Before 1,800 people in a crammed high school gym, King talked about his “dream” and uttered other familiar passages in the fall of 1962. It was nine months before the March on Washington. More than 50 years later, an NC State English professor’s research is bringing that same speech back to life. After...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/finding-king-s-speech-english-professor-s-research-uncovers-historic-recording</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7c0cd89f9e676eca42215</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2865b0_bae47deebef749fd92cd2f764c6c4de4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_900,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MLK’s First Dream]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Jason Miller From NC State University News Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. first delivered the now famous refrain “I have a dream” in Rocky Mount, N.C., on Nov. 27, 1962. Dr. King ended his fifty-five minute speech in the Booker T. Washington Gymnasium by invoking the “How Long, Not Long” set-piece he made famous when he spoke from the steps of the capital at the end of the final march in Selma, Alabama on March 25, 1965. He then continued with eight consecutive lines of “I have a dream”...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/mlk-s-first-dream-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7c03934a8ccd671e99481</guid><category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_f6283610de9d493187e177b2a14fe03a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_800,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["All Along the Watchtower": Bob Dylan's Sequel to Robert Browning's "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came"]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Jason Miller From Grove, Working Papers on English Studies Dylan’s 1967 song “All Along the Watchtower” can be understood as a sequel to Browning’s 1855 poem. This sequel addresses the dilemmas of what happens to an artist once they arrive as a musician. By bringing Browning’s neglected poem into the conversation, this essay extends the exemplary work of connecting Dylan and Browning finely documented by Michael Gray. “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came” supplies all the iconic imagery...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/all-along-the-watchtower-bob-dylan-s-sequel-to-robert-browning-s-childe-roland-to-the-dark-tower</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d9055746e8409f60b0e928</guid><category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_78640c5897fd4d089eb239442696243c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_599,h_597,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MLK deplored violence like Raleigh’s in ‘68. Leaders now can learn from that]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Jason Miller From The News &#38; Observer Rev. Douglas Moore, pastor of the Asbury Temple Methodist Church, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rev. Ralph Abernathy and NCCU student Lacy Streeter walk along West Main Street on their way to the Woolworth Lunch Counter in this file photo from Feb. 16, 1960. Read more at: https://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/article298682198.html#storylink=cpy With the unique 2025 overlap of Martin Luther King Day and the Inauguration of Donald Trump, Americans are...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/mlk-deplored-violence-like-raleigh-s-in-68-leaders-now-can-learn-from-that</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7b3e6eed30a95587d2831</guid><category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2865b0_b438f33d4d6c401781d885b24ed28f52~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_820,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr.'s first 'I Have a Dream' speech was delivered in N.C.]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Sydney McCoy From Spectrum News 1 “I Have a Dream,” echoing with King’s powerful call for equality, remains one of history’s most acclaimed speeches, its message still resonating globally. While frequently studied in English classes and seen as a cornerstone of the civil rights movement, King’s speech debuted in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.  W. Jason Miller, a distinguished professor in the English Department of N.C. State, shares something in common with King — a love of Langston Hughes. ...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/martin-luther-king-jr-s-first-i-have-a-dream-speech-was-delivered-in-n-c</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7bc2d1eecefd11ca1a737</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_c2d5fcef3d7146ffbf4653e02ecc4743~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_609,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WKNC 88.1 FM — Campus radio interview]]></title><description><![CDATA[From WKNC 88.1 Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Dr. Jason Miller is renowned for his research on, and discoveries about, Langston Hughes, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Nina Simone. Of particular note is his discovery of the first ever recording of Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. In this episode, Dr. Miller discusses his unconventional path to becoming a professor, his research, and his research process. I really enjoyed this conversation and getting to meet Dr....]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/wknc-88-1-fm-campus-radio-interview</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d90d5c61f85fcf9f7bd446</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_7d783cf2411a445a95966c4784cc808c~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[F.B. Eyes on Langston Hughes and Martin Luther King, Jr.]]></title><description><![CDATA[From National Humanities Center Dr. King’s iconic refrain “I Have a Dream” was actually first delivered in Rocky Mount, NC, nine months before the March on Washington in 1963. By listening to this long lost reel-to-reel audio tape from November of 1962, we discover how this phrase actually has its origins in the poetry of Langston Hughes (1901–67). While Hughes was harassed by the FBI from as early as 1941, King’s every movement was traced, photographed, recorded, and even filmed by J. Edgar...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/f-b-eyes-on-langston-hughes-and-martin-luther-king-jr</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d90f7ff6703ec22bea39f5</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_d2627dd9753f4daa9367f1c19462cde8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_880,h_587,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Search For Hannah Crafts]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Jason Miller From Walter Magazine A disheveled manuscript titled The Bondwoman’s Narrative  was listed only as “Lot 30: Unpublished Original Manuscript” when it appeared in a Swann Auction Galleries catalog in 2001. Written between 1853-1859, few people knew the hand-sewn pages pressed clumsily between two boards even existed. Barely meeting its retainer, the manuscript received only one bid. But The Bondwoman’s Narrative  became a bestseller  when it was published in 2002, after being...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/the-search-for-hannah-crafts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7ad2dc55f668b53071c9a</guid><category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2865b0_512d890497194c2a92b2a06e43a5e84f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The King’s Speech: When MLK Visited NC State’s Campus]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Ayn-Monique Klahre From Walter Magazine On July 31, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Reynolds Coliseum on the campus of North Carolina State University. A crowd of 4,000 — described by The News &#38; Observer as“3,000 Negroes and 1,000 white persons” — gathered to hear him speak. King’s visit was sponsored by the Martin Luther King Forum, described by the paper as “a local ad hoc committee served by Romallus O. Murphy and the Rev. W. B. Lewis, as co-chairmen.” Ira Harris, who was 13...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/the-king-s-speech-when-mlk-visited-nc-state-s-campus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d7ae29c55f668b53071eca</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2865b0_82a82ce3571748c2920c2511583992d5~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soul Talk—Langston Hughes and Nina Simone’s Friendship]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Conversation with Jason Miller By Tony Bolden University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences This interview presents Jason Miller’s research on the friendship between Langston Hughes and Nina Simone, who was known as the High Priestess of Soul. As a Hughes scholar, Miller combines his knowledge of Hughes with painstaking biographical research on Simone. In this way, he demonstrates how Hughes is connected to soul. Miller traces their friendship to Simone’s active participation in...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/soul-talk-langston-hughes-and-nina-simone-s-friendship</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ea6833a4755da14cbbbf90</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_8735c023957e4742bbfe9c5a94c8caa0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_520,h_802,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NHC Podcast: W. Jason Miller, “Nina Simone and Langston Hughes: Collaborators Across Genres” ]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the National Humanities Center Listen now ...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/nhc-podcast-w-jason-miller-nina-simone-and-langston-hughes-collaborators-across-genres</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f4aa1d7b1c42fb24f2a0d2</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:28:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_3f9c5b62add6402b80861d959d8d695b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_630,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never-before-seen video shows Dr. King speaking at NCSU as the KKK protests]]></title><description><![CDATA[From WRAL Watch now ...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/never-before-seen-video-shows-dr-king-speaking-at-ncsu-as-the-kkk-protests</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f4abb07b1c42fb24f2a494</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/e8730d_18c13eeb99f34c18b35c73c460316a28~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jeremy Ryan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Langston Hughes and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Michael Morand From Yale Beinecke Library echibit on Hughes and King “For years, Martin Luther King Jr. and poet Langston Hughes maintained a friendship,” Jason W. Miller of North Carolina State University noted in Smithsonian Magazine in 2018 . The Langston Hughes Papers  are a great source about the relationship between Hughes and King and were a key source for Miller’s 2015 book, Origins of the Dream: Hughes’s Poetry and King’s Rhetoric . This temporary display showcases a selection of...]]></description><link>https://www.wjasonmiller.com/article/langston-hughes-and-the-rev-dr-martin-luther-king-jr</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d90df846e8409f60b0fd30</guid><category><![CDATA[News & Media]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2023 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>lillian157</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>