jan 1, 1963 - “I Have a Dream” Speech

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The “I Have a Dream Speech” is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. It was made during the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King spoke for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. The most famous line is, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live up to…. we hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.”

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