Martin Luther King’s Speech: ‘I Have a Dream’ ~ The Full Text
Martin Luther King’s Speech: ‘I Have a Dream’ ~ The Full Text
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on Aug. 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial. Speaking before 200,000 civil rights supporters, he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination.
Dr. King’s speech was one of the great ‘tipping point’ moments in American history, and a defining moment in the American civil rights movement.
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!”
Martin Luther King’s Speech: ‘I Have a Dream’ – The Full Text