"I Have a Dream" speech

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The "I Have a Dream" speech is Martin Luther King Jr.’s landmark 1963 address calling for racial equality and civil rights, delivered during the March on Washington and now regarded as one of the most iconic speeches in American history.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights speech
historical event
public speech
aimedAt ending racial segregation in the United States
securing civil and economic rights for African Americans
associatedWithOrganization Southern Christian Leadership Conference
audienceSizeApproximate 250000
author Martin Luther King Jr.
broadcastOn radio
television
city Washington, D.C.
country United States
date 1963-08-28
event March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
famousLine "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
"I have a dream"
"Let freedom ring"
genre oratory
political speech
historicalContext Cold War era
Jim Crow segregation
influenced Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
language English
legacy symbol of the civil rights movement
touchstone for discussions of race in America
moralFramework Christian ethics
movement American civil rights movement
philosophicalInfluence Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolence
place Lincoln Memorial
recognizedAs one of the greatest speeches in American history
recognizedBy United States National Recording Registry
referencesDocument Emancipation Proclamation
United States Constitution
United States Declaration of Independence
rhetoricalDevice biblical allusion
metaphor
repetition
speaker Martin Luther King Jr.
subjectOf academic studies
numerous documentaries
theme civil rights
economic justice
end of segregation
nonviolence
racial equality
voting rights
year 1963

Referenced by (10)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mountain of Despair ("“I Have a Dream” speech")
Stone of Hope
inspiredBy
Martin Luther King Jr. ("I Have a Dream speech")
authorOf
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) ("I Have a Dream")
bSideOf
Stone of Hope
hasInscriptionFrom
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ("I Have a Dream")
hasSpeech
Symphony of Brotherhood ("I Have a Dream")
incorporatesExcerptFrom
Lincoln Memorial ("Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech")
notableEvent
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ("Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech")
notableFor
Martin Luther King Jr.
notableWork

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