▁the ▁press ▁than ▁any ▁event ▁here ▁since ▁President ▁Kennedy ' s ▁inaug uration ", ▁and ▁op ined ▁that ▁" it ▁will ▁be ▁a ▁long ▁time ▁before ▁[ W ashington ] ▁forget s ▁the ▁mel od ious ▁and ▁mel anch oly ▁voice ▁of ▁the ▁Rev . ▁Dr . ▁Martin ▁Luther ▁King ▁Jr . ▁cry ing ▁out ▁his ▁dream s ▁to ▁the ▁mult itude ." ▁An ▁article ▁in ▁The ▁Boston ▁Glo be ▁by ▁Mary ▁Mc Gr ory ▁reported ▁that ▁King ' s ▁speech ▁" caught ▁the ▁m ood " ▁and ▁" m oved ▁the ▁crowd " ▁of ▁the ▁day ▁" as ▁no ▁other " ▁speaker ▁in ▁the ▁event . ▁Mar quis ▁Child s ▁of ▁The ▁Washington ▁Post ▁wrote ▁that ▁King ' s ▁speech ▁" rose ▁above ▁mere ▁or atory ". ▁An ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁commented ▁that ▁the ▁" match less ▁el o quence " ▁displayed ▁by ▁King — " a ▁supre me ▁or ator " ▁of ▁" a ▁type ▁so ▁rare ▁as ▁almost ▁to ▁be ▁forgotten ▁in ▁our ▁age " — put ▁to ▁shame ▁the ▁advoc ates ▁of ▁seg reg ation ▁by ▁insp iring ▁the ▁" cons cience ▁of ▁America " ▁with ▁the ▁justice ▁of ▁the ▁civil - right s ▁cause . ▁ ▁The ▁Federal ▁Bureau ▁of ▁Investig ation ▁( F BI ), ▁which ▁viewed ▁King ▁and ▁his ▁al lies ▁for ▁ra cial ▁justice ▁as ▁sub vers ive , ▁also ▁noticed ▁the ▁speech . ▁This ▁prov oked ▁the ▁organization ▁to ▁expand ▁their ▁CO IN TE L PRO ▁operation ▁against ▁the ▁Southern ▁Christian