Speaker: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Occasion: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Date and Place: August 28th, 1963: Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, USA
Context: In 1963, the US was racially segregated. Dr. King was Christian Minister who
spearheaded the Civil Rights Movement and was an advocate of non violence and civil
disobedience.
"I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall
be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made
straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."
This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With
this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful
symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together,
to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that
we will be free one day."