Remarkably, midway through his delivery, King suspended his pre-scripted text and began to improvise what resulted was the speech’s most recognizable section, the passage in which the words “I have a dream” are passionately repeated. It not only helped to galvanize the already growing civil rights movement across the country at the time, but also became one of the most influential and inspirational pieces of rhetoric in American history. The speech was part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Martin Luther King Jr.’s most memorable speech from his life as an activist, “ I HAVE A DREAM ,” was delivered on August 28, 1963, before more than 200,000 people in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. One 50-minute class period, plus extended activities Grade Levelĭr.
SubjectsĮnglish, Social Studies, Government Estimated Time Students will study Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech and discuss the rhetorical influences on King’s speech, the oratorical devices that King used in delivering his speech and how a speech is similar to/different from other literary forms.
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