Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech

On August 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech named “ I Have a Dream”, which has become a symbol of civil rights movement, was written more than 30 years ago as America struggled with the problem of how to create racial equality for all of her citizens.  The speech, delivered to over 200,000 civil rights supports from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for jobs and freedom. And the demonstration was organized on the 100^th anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation to call attention to the wrongs suffered by African Americans and push for federal legislation to bring about change. The speech was massage of hope. The hope that blacks and whites could live among each other in peace.

Martin Luther King, Jr. is best known for his role in the advancement of civil right using nonviolent civil disobedience, and he is a national icon is the history of American progressivism. The key message in the speech is that all people are created equal and, although out the case in America at the time, King felt it must be the case for future. He argued passionately and powerfully. His words proved to be a touchstone for understanding the social and political upheaval of the time and gave the nation a vocabulary to express what was happening. And the crowd of the Lincoln Memorial shows that the audiences were ready to support his view and argument.