In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.īut one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free.
This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.įive score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. King's speech, transcribed from the recording itself: The federal government provides a list of resources one can use to commemorate the day. With Coretta Scott King at his side, President Reagan signed that legislation into law on November 2, 1983. King's birthday (January 15, 1929) with a national holiday. On the third Monday of January, the United States celebrates Dr. Move the clip forward - to 12:15 - to watch the most famous part. This video is the historic footage of the "I Have a Dream" speech. It happened after his trusted friend and favorite singer, Mahalia Jackson, said: King began to mesmerize the audience when he pushed aside his prepared remarks and extemporaneously gave a powerful sermon. King delivered some of his most-famous words.
That " March for Jobs and Freedom" is also known as " The March on Washington."ĭescribing the gathering, in which people demanded equal rights for blacks and whites, as “the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation,” Dr. gave a speech following a peaceful demonstration in Washington, D.C.
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