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I Have a Dream
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"I Have a Dream" is a public speech by American activist Martin Luther King, Jr. It was delivered by King on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 28, 1963, in which he called for an end to racism in the United States. The speech, delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.[1]
Beginning with a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed millions of slaves in 1863,[2] King examines that "one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free."[3] At the end of the speech, King departed from his prepared text for a partly improvised peroration on the theme of "I have a dream", possibly prompted by Mahalia Jackson 's cry, "Tell them about the dream, Martin!"[4] In this part of the speech, which most excited the listeners and has now become the most famous, King described dreams of freedom and equality arising from a land of slavery and hatred.[5] The speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century by a 1999 poll of scholars of public address.[6] Contents * 1 Background * 1.1 Speech title and the writing process * 2 The speech * 2.1 Similarities and allusions * 3 Responses * 4 Legacy * 5 Copyright dispute * 6 References * 7 External links |
Background
View from the Lincoln Memorial toward the Washington Monument on August 28, 1963
The location on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial from which King
I Have a Dream
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Martin Luther King Jr. speech. For other uses, see I Have a Dream (disambiguation).
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering "I Have a Dream" at the 1963 Washington D.C. Civil Rights March. | "I Have a Dream"Menu0:0030-second sample from "I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. | Problems listening to this file? See media help. |
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech by American activist Martin Luther King, Jr. It was delivered by King on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 28, 1963, in which he called for an end to racism in the United States. The speech, delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.[1]
Beginning with a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed millions of slaves in 1863,[2] King examines that "one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free."[3] At the end of the speech, King departed from his prepared text for a partly improvised peroration on the theme of "I have a dream", possibly prompted by Mahalia Jackson 's cry, "Tell them about the dream, Martin!"[4] In this part of the speech, which most excited the listeners and has now become the most famous, King described dreams of freedom and equality arising from a land of slavery and hatred.[5] The speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century by a 1999 poll of scholars of public address.[6] Contents * 1 Background * 1.1 Speech title and the writing process * 2 The speech * 2.1 Similarities and allusions * 3 Responses * 4 Legacy * 5 Copyright dispute * 6 References * 7 External links |
Background
View from the Lincoln Memorial toward the Washington Monument on August 28, 1963
The location on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial from which King
References: View from the Lincoln Memorial toward the Washington Monument on August 28, 1963 The location on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial from which King delivered the speech is commemorated with this inscription. January 15, 1929 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | Died | April 4, 1968 (aged 39) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Religion | Baptist (Progressive National Baptist Convention) | Spouse(s) | Coretta Scott King (1953–1968) | Children | Yolanda Denise-King (1955–2007) Martin Luther King III (b.1957) Dexter Scott King (b.1961) Bernice Albertine King (b.1963) | Alberta Williams King | Awards | Nobel Peace Prize (1964), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous), Congressional Gold Medal (2004, posthumous) |