Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Entire ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech

Today, Monday, Jan. 16, is a national holiday recognizing the life and contributions of civil rights icon Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was born on Jan. 15, 1929 and assassinated April 4, 1968. This is the full “I Have a Dream” speech delivered on Aug. 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. at a massive demonstration for jobs and equality organized by MLK’s openly gay friend Bayard Rustin. This video is from a news broadcast with cutaways of the crowd and the massive statue of Abraham Lincoln serving as a backdrop. I beseech you: please watch this and allow yourself to be moved and energized by King’s oratory, which in some ways is still applicable to today. King’s “Dream” is ours, too.

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