And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in …

Write about a dream that you have for making our country a better place. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”

28, 1963: “I have a dream” “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” King told the crowd gathered at the Lincoln Memorial on Aug.

King improvised much of the second half of the speech, including the “I have a dream” refrain. Improvise means “to deliver without prior preparation.” It does not mean that King completely made up the words on the spot.

King’s “Dream” speech would play an important role in helping pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and the pivotal Selma to Montgomery march that he led in 1965 would provide momentum for the passage later that year of the Voting Rights Act.

This speech was important in several ways: It brought even greater attention to the Civil Rights Movement, which had been going on for many years. After this speech, the name Martin Luther King was known to many more people than before. It made Congress move faster in passing the Civil Rights Act.

I Have a Dream, speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., that was delivered on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington. A call for equality and freedom, it became one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in American history.