US 101's video: Martin Luther King Jr and the I Have A Dream Speech - US 101

Most Americans can recite a part of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have A Dream speech. But how much do you know about the history of that speech? This week, we'll take a closer look at the speech and how it came to be. We'll find out how much of the speech was improvised and how much was prepared, how many versions of the speech existed before the one made in Washington, D.C. in 1963, and the legacy King's speech left behind. Watch the full I Have A Dream speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47Y6VHc3Ms&t=768s Read more about the I Have A Dream speech: https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/i-have-a-dream-speech https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/i-have-a-dream-the-speech-that-america-couldnt-ignore/ https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/28/us/the-lasting-power-of-dr-kings-dream-speech.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/12/13/an-old-letter-sheds-light-on-fbis-malice-toward-martin-luther-king-jr/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a90b2cfec494 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/martin-luther-king-recording-of-earlier-version-of-i-have-a-dream-speech-discovered-in-north-10451827.html Follow US 101 on Facebook: http://facebook.com/usahistory101 US 101 on Twitter: http://twitter.com/usahistory101 US 101 on Instagram: http://instagram.com/usahistory101