Solomon Bolden, 10, recites Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the speech at the Capitol on Monday August 28, 2023.

On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech at the March on Washington. Part of his speech was impromptu and those words became a pillar of the civil rights movement.

On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech in Washington D.C. in front of thousands in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Monday marks Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Below is a transcript of his celebrated “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on Aug. 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.