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August 29, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr.
Public speech
Civil rights, racism, economic rights
This is the top-ranked American speech of the 20th century.
Martin Luther King Jr. gave the speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This event demonstrated support for President Kennedy’s proposed civil rights legislation. Martin Luter King wrote the speech as a homage to Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
In the speech, King mentions the Emancipation Proclamation, the Declaration of Independence, and the United States Constitution as the founding documents for a restored democracy.
100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, “the Negro still is not free.” King’s speech intends to awaken American citizens to the reality and inspire a real change in society.
In 1964, one year after giving the speech, King became the youngest man who ever received the Nobel Peace Prize.
The March on Washington really pressured the government to advance stronger civil rights legislation in Congress. It is a simple, powerful speech that gets straight to the point and is driven by raw emotion.
Several Black leaders have criticized King for being too mellow and compromising.
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