I Have a Dream
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Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering his speech at the DC Civil Rights March.
"I Have a Dream" is both the identifying phrase of and popular name for Martin Luther King, Jr."s most famous speech, an important part of the American Civil Rights Movement. The speech was delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial as part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. It speaks powerfully and eloquently of King"s desire for a future where blacks and whites would coexist harmoniously and as equals.

The popular name comes from the best-known passage of the speech:

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." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four 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 character. I have a dream today.

External links
"I Have a Dream" - Full MP3 audio and text of speech
Text of speech : World Wide School
Text of speech : United States Department of State
Audio and text of speech: History and Politics Out Loud
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream"
Categories: Speeches | U.S. civil rights history


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