In August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people listened as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
- “I Have a Dream” is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.
- The speech was a defining moment of the Civil Rights Movement.
- The speech was ranked the top American speech of the 20th century in a 1999 poll of scholars of public address.
- It was in the speech that King described his dreams of freedom and equality arising from a land of slavery and hatred.
- Under the applicable copyright laws, the speech will remain under copyright in the United States until 70 years after King’s death, therefore until 2038.