The Lincoln Memorial.

'I have a dream' was cut from the original draft of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech

An ASU expert discusses Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic 1963 speech at the Lincoln Memorial.

In this story published Jan. 16, 2024, in Deseret News:

The interesting fact is that the four words 'I have a dream' almost didn’t make it into the speech. King had used the phrase 'I have a dream' in several speeches at least nine months before the equal rights march in Washington.


Christopher Neck, associate professor of management and entrepreneurship

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