"I Have a Dream" — Martin Luther King Jr. delivered during the ‘March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,’ August 28, 1963. BIT.ly/3LTBotI — He called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. No doubt the most famous moment of the civil rights movement and among the most iconic speeches in American history. King was assassinated in a shooting five years later in Memphis, Tenn. — US National Archives #MLK #MLKDay #NationalHoliday #IHaveADreamSpeech | Joplin News Fi

In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington to nearly a quarter million people. But none of it would have been possible without this man: | TED-Ed