What was the occasion for MLK's speech?

The occasion for MLK's “I Have a Dream” speech was the intense, vicious, and often violent systematic racial injustice infecting and compromising the great promise of U.S. democratic life and civil rights in the mid-1960s. read more

The "I have a dream" speech took place as part of the "March for jobs and freedom," and fell around 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation that promised freedom to slaves. The speech was issued as part of a calm civil rights march dedicated to highlighting the lack of rights and freedom within the African-American population. read more

The occasion for MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech was the intense, vicious, and often violent systematic racial injustice infecting and compromising the great promise of U.S. democratic life and civil rights in the mid-1960s. read more

King's delivery of this speech was on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. read more