Full text to the "I Have A Dream" speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Junior I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."

Nov 30, 2017 · The “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. before a crowd of some 250,000 people at the 1963 March on Washington, remains one of the most famous speeches in history.

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., delivered a speech to a group of civil rights marchers gathered around the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Read the transcript here.

Read the full transcript of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech, delivered at the March on Washington, on Aug. 28, 1963—and watch the HD video.

Aug. 27, 2013 -- The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech is among the most acclaimed in U.S. history, and the 50th anniversary this week of the March on Washington where he delivered it highlights the speech's staying power.

Jan 22, 2025 · The following is the full transcript of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Jan 29, 2007 · Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, remains his most memorable oration. The entire speech appears below.

Freedom's Ring is Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, annotated. Here you can compare the written and spoken speech, explore multimedia images, listen to movement activists and uncover historical context.

Jan 23, 2025 · One of the most iconic and famous speeches of all time, Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech was delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. Read the full transcript of this classic speech.