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I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, . the speech was a defining moment of the civil rights movement and among the most iconic speeches in American history.

Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream. delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington . I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

MARTIN LuTHER KING At the "March on vYashington". I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greates,t demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five ~core years ago a great American in whose sym­ holic shado·w we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dl'e. I have a dream that one day this 11ation will rise up, live out the h·ue meaning of its creed: ""' e hold the~e truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Geo·rgia son~ of former slan' s and . w :-;ons of form l:'r ~lave-owners. will be able to sit dovn together at the table of brother­ hood.

Martin Luther King Jr. giving his I Have a Dream speech to huge crowd gathered for the Mall in Washington DC during the March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom (aka the Freedom March). Photo by Francis Miller/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images). Overhead view of the massive crowd assembled on the Mall in front of the Reflecting Pool and between the Lincoln and Washington monuments during the civil rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington DC, August 28, 1963. It was at this rally that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech. Photo by Robert W. Kelley/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images).

3 Speaker: Martin Luther King is the speaker of the, I Have a Dream Speech. Background: Martin was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia Martin was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist Martin played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African- American citizens in the South and other areas of the nation. Martin received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 among several other honors because of his mighty acts. 4 Occasion: Martin Luther King delivered his, I Have a Dream Speech on August 28, 1963 at the Memorial in Washington . during the March on Washington

There are few more well-known or powerful speeches that that given by civil rights leader Martin Luther King on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington . The most famous paragraph, embedded in the middle of the speech, is as follows: "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.

Martin Luther King delivered his iconic I Have A Dream speech on August 28th 1963 at at a civil rights rally in Washington DC that was officially known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The figurehead of the civil rights movement called for an end to racism in the US, which at the time was still segregated, both legally and in practice, in most areas of life. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their characters.