Topic: History - on August 28, 2013 at 5:38:00 PM CEST
'I Have A Dream' Speech Full Transcript And Video: Read Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 Speech On Its 50th Anniversary
August 28 marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The historic rally, which attracted more than 250,000 people to the United States capital, Washington, D.C., was marked by one of the most famous speeches given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., titled “I Have a Dream.”
The 1963 March on Washington, as it is more commonly known, was one of the largest human rights demonstrations in the U.S. history. Conceived in 1962 by A. Philip Randolph, a civil rights activist who sought to improve the socio-economic conditions of African Americans, the rally idea initially didn’t get much support from other leaders. But Randolph eventually convinced the heads of five major civil rights organizations, including Roy Wilkins of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Whitney Young Jr. of the National Urban League, James Farmer of the Conference of Racial Equality (CORE), John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and Dr. King, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
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