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 signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice....
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.
...when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring 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 in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" - Martin Luther King, Jr
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963/08/27 | Martin Luther King Jr | Author | During his stay at the Willard Hotel, Martin Luther King Jr works on his speech for the March on Washington. | Willard Hotel | Washington, DC | ||
| 1963/08/28 | Martin Luther King Jr | Author | Martin Luther King, Jr speaks on the second day of the Great March on Washington. | Lincoln Memorial | Washington, DC | March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom | |
| 1963/08/28 | Rosa Parks | Protester | Martin Luther King, Jr speaks on the second day of the Great March on Washington. | Lincoln Memorial | Washington, DC | March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom | |
| 1963/08/28 | Lena Horne | Protester | Martin Luther King, Jr speaks on the second day of the Great March on Washington. | Lincoln Memorial | Washington, DC | March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom |
| Particulars for I have a Dream (King speech): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Society | Civil Rights | guarantees of equal social opportunities and equal protection under the law regardless of race, religion, or other personal characteristics | |
| Narrative Arts | Factual | concerned with what is actually true rather than interpretations of or reactions to it | |
| Art Type | Speech | ||
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