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1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a Baptist minister from Alabama, gave a speech to more than 250,000 people who had peacefully organized on the Mall in Washington, D.C., for a “March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs” to protest racial inequality.\u003Cbr>King was the last in a line of speakers that included Civil Rights, religious and labor leaders, actors and musicians.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>“I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.”\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’”\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Major television networks carried his speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he reminded listeners that the American dream isone of freedom for all, referring to the Declaration of Independence and President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.\u003Cbr>King’s “I have a dream” speech is credited with mobilizing supporters of desegregation and leading to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr> Interesting facts about Dr. King and His Speech \u003Cbr>> The original title of King’s speech was“Normalcy—Never again.” He had worked with others on the speech and stayed up until 4 a. m. preparing it.\u003Cbr>> King had given “I have a dream”\u003Cbr>speeches before and was counseled by advisors not to use the theme, so it was not included in his prepared remarks.\u003Cbr>> After a friend, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, called out to him,“Tell‘em about the dream, Martin,” King extemporaneously began the “dream”section of his speech.\u003Cbr>> King’s “I have a dream” speech lasted 17-minutes.\u003Cbr>> Following the March, King was named Time magazine’s Man of the Year in 1963.\u003Cbr>> King, age 35, was the youngest man ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to him in 1964.\u003Cbr>> Between 1957 and 1968, King traveled more than 6 million miles and gave 2,500 speeches.\u003Cbr>> On the evening of April 4, 1968, King was assassinated while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tenn.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Learn More\u003Cbr>q Find the script or a video of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech online. Pretend you are a newspaper reporter covering the speech. Write a news story about what you just witnessed.\u003Cbr>w King referenced the Emancipation Proclamation, Declaration of Independence and Constitution in his speech and said America had given a bad check. What did he mean by that? What kind of figure of speech is this?\u003Cbr>|\n| This Newspaper in Education feature brought to you by this newspaper, The Missouri Bar and the Missouri Press Association. |\n\n\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr> “I Have A Dream” \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Martin Luther King, Jr. |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| The 1960s were the heart of this country’s Civil Rights Movement.\u003Cbr>Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered perhaps his most famous speech—“I Have a Dream”—in August of 1963. In his speech, King reminded us that the American dream is one of freedom for all by referring to the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation. He asked that we move forward and work together to make sure that all Americans have the freedoms that our Founding Fathers dreamed about when they signed the Declaration of Independence and when they wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. | \u003Cbr>“ …when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring\u003Cbr>from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing the words of the Old Negro spiritual:‘Free at last","cbCaioWfzjPLcYjy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioWfzjPLcYjy","pdf",1769669,"English","# Background of the Speech\n## March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs\n## Key Themes and Quotations\n# Interesting Facts About Dr. King and the Speech\n# Civil Rights Movement Timeline\n## Major Events from 1863 to 1968","[{\"question\":\"What event and date are described as the setting for “I Have a Dream”?\",\"answer\":\"The material describes the March on Washington for Freedom and Jobs on Aug. 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C.\"},{\"question\":\"Which historical documents does King reference during the speech, and what message is emphasized?\",\"answer\":\"King references the Declaration of Independence and the Emancipation Proclamation to argue for freedom for all and to point out America’s failure to fully uphold its promises.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the impact of the “I have a dream” speech connected to later civil rights changes?\",\"answer\":\"The text credits the speech with mobilizing supporters of desegregation and leading to the 1964 Civil Rights Act.\"}]","“I Have A Dream” - Martin Luther King, Jr. - Interesting Facts and Historical Context | PDF",1790057722]