I Have a Dream Speech (The Sixties in America)
At a glance:
- Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
- First Published: 1963
- Genres: Nonfiction, Speeches
- Subjects: Civil rights, Justice, Segregation or integration, Freedom, 1960’s, Twentieth century, Prejudices or antipathies, Hope, Ethnic relations, Idealism, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Peace
Origins and History
Along with Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, delivered one hundred years earlier, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is one of the most memorable in U.S. history. It was delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, where nearly a quarter of a million people gathered for a March for Jobs and Freedom to urge Congress and President John F. Kennedy to pass a national civil rights bill.
The Speech
King’s remarks were the keynote address of the rally and capped off a day of...
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