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When Did Martin Luther King Jr. Give His Famous "I Have A Dream" Speech?
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"i have a dream" is a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963, in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. Delivered to over 200,000 civil rights supporters, the speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century
Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) gave his "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington. The march drew more than a quarter million people lobbying for congressional passage of a civil rights bill. They gathered around the Lincoln Memorial to hear the speakers. When King spoke, he effectively defined the Civil Rights movement and the struggle for justice with these famous lines: "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal'."
Congress (the law-making body of the United States) passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964. This was the most comprehensive piece of American civil rights legislation since the Reconstruction (1856–77; a twelve-year period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War). It outlawed racial discrimination in public places, assured equal voting standards for all citizens, prohibited employer and union racial discrimination, and called for equality in education.
Further Information: "Comprehensive MLK Sites." MLK Links. [Online] Available http://mlk/cafeprogressive.com/enter.html, November 1, 2000; King, Martin Luther Jr., and James Melvin Washington. I Have a Dream. San Francisco: Harper, 1992; "Martin Luther King, Jr." Seattletimes.com. [Online] Available http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/, November 1, 2000.
Source: UXL History Fact Finder, ©2001 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
"I Have a Dream" is a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963.
In the 20th century. 28 August 1963
August 28, 1963 at the Lincon Memorial in Washington DC
In the late summer of 1963 during the March on Washington. King did not intend on giving the speech this month but was eventually pressured to do so.
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this sppech on August 28, 1963 at the Washington Monument to discuss how the black people were being discriminated against by the white people.
August 28, 1963
August 28, 1963
The first time MLK used the " I have a dream.." speech context was in Rocky Mount, NC, Nov. 27, 1962.
The first time MLK used the " I have a dream.." speech context was in Rocky Mount, NC, Nov. 27, 1962.
martin luther king jr. give his speech at washington d.c .
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