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I Have a Dream

1963 speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington D.C. to 250.000 people of the civil rights movement, regarded as one of the most important speeches in US history
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I Have a Dream
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I Have a Dream

Summary

I Have a Dream is an oration[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of oration entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,870 views/month, #1 of 143).[2]

Key Facts

  • I Have a Dream authored Martin Luther King Jr.[3].
  • I Have a Dream's instance of is recorded as oration[4].
  • I Have a Dream is associated with the anti-racism movement[5].
  • I Have a Dream is associated with the civil rights movement movement[6].
  • The location of I Have a Dream was Lincoln Memorial[7].
  • I Have a Dream's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • I Have a Dream was released on August 28, 1963[9].
  • I Have a Dream took place on August 28, 1963[10].
  • I Have a Dream's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 38.88927777777778, 'longitude': -77.04988888888889}[11].
  • A participant in I Have a Dream was Martin Luther King Jr.[12].
  • I Have a Dream's speaker is recorded as Martin Luther King Jr.[13].
  • I Have a Dream's main subject is racial equality[14].
  • I Have a Dream's main subject is civil and political rights[15].
  • I Have a Dream's main subject is dream[16].
  • I Have a Dream's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety[17].
  • I Have a Dream's described at URL is recorded as https://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Politics/-/I-Have-a-Dream/7283[18].
  • I Have a Dream's title is recorded as I Have a Dream[19].
  • I Have a Dream's different from is recorded as American Dream[20].
  • I Have a Dream's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Human rights[21].
  • I Have a Dream's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject African diaspora[22].

Body

When and Where

I Have a Dream took place on August 28, 1963[10]. It took place at Lincoln Memorial[7].

Context

I Have a Dream's instance of is recorded as oration[4].

Participants

Among those involved in I Have a Dream was Martin Luther King Jr.[12].

Outcome and Impact

I Have a Dream's speaker is recorded as Martin Luther King Jr.[13].

Why It Matters

I Have a Dream ranks in the top 0.7% of oration entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,870 views/month, #1 of 143).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Martin Luther King Jr.

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → American Dream
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    Main subject → racial equality, civil and political rights, dream
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