aug 28, 1963 - Martin Luther King Jr. 'I have a dream' speech

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1. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I have a dream' speech was delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

2. An expensive sound system rigged up for the event was sabotaged, meaning that his speech wasn't heard clearly by most witnesses.

3. It is estimated that about 250,000 people attended the March on Washington.

4. The iconic line 'I have a dream' was actually improvised. It was left out of his original draft.

5. At the age of 29, Martin Luther King Jr. was stabbed during a book signing. He survived this attempt on his life, but was shot and killed at a motel ten years later.

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