In which city did Martin Luther King make his ‘I have a dream’ speech in August 1963?
I Have a Dream (oratorio) I Have a Dream (oratorio) I Have a Dream is an oratorio by James Furman written in tribute to the composer's friend, Martin Luther King, Jr., to whose memory it is dedicated. The title of the work is derived from the "I Have a Dream" speech that Martin Luther King, Jr. made in Washington, D.C. during the August 1963 civil rights march, and the libretto is based on statements and writings by King. Furman described "I Have a Dream" as "an oratorio in symphonic form which conveys some of the basic concerns of today's world. These concerns are dramatized within
I Have a Dream 1962 speech was presented to the public by the English department of North Carolina State University. Martin Luther King had also delivered a "dream" speech in Detroit, in June 1963, when he marched on Woodward Avenue with Walter Reuther and the Reverend C. L. Franklin, and had rehearsed other parts. Mahalia Jackson, who sang "How I Got Over", just before the speech in Washington, knew about King's Detroit speech. The March on Washington Speech, known as "I Have a Dream Speech", has been shown to have had several versions, written at several different times. It has no single version draft,