Context of the Speech
This 1963 event, where the speech was delivered, was officially called the "March on Washington for Jobs and ___."
What is Freedom?
Fill in the blank: "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 ___."
What is "character"?
The speech was delivered from the steps of this Washington, D.C. monument.
What is the Lincoln Memorial?
King uses this recurring phrase at the start of eight consecutive paragraphs to build rhythm and repetition.
What is "I have a dream"?
This document, signed 100 years earlier by Abraham Lincoln, is referenced early in the speech as a promise not yet fulfilled.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Fill in the blank: King says he dreams that one day, on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of ___.
What is "brotherhood"?
This was the estimated number of people (in the hundreds of thousands) who attended the March on Washington.
What is 250,000 (roughly a quarter million)?
Toward the end of the speech, King repeats a phrase from a patriotic hymn, naming specific mountains and hills — from New Hampshire to Colorado to Tennessee — as places where this should happen.
What is "Let freedom ring"?
Dr. King delivered this speech during the broader movement fighting against this system of racial segregation laws in the South.
What are Jim Crow laws?
Fill in the blank: King closes the speech by saying that when freedom rings from every corner, all of God's children will be able to join hands and sing, "___ at last, ___ at last, thank God almighty, we are ___ at last."
What is "Free"?