Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech at the Lincoln Memorial

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his 'I Have a Dream' speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The speech was addressed to an estimated 200,000 civil rights supporters gathered on the National Mall and helped cement King's national leadership in the civil rights movement. The Lincoln Memorial's west steps and central chamber remain the documented location of that address.