On #ThisDayInHistory in 1963, in front of a crowd of nearly 250,000 people spread across the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his now-famous “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. #DidYouKnow King almost didn’t deliver what is now the most famous part of the speech? He had debuted the phrase, “I have a dream,” in his speeches at least nine months before the March on Washington and used it several times since then. His advisers discoura

On August 28, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech that inspired America — and shamed it into honoring the principles on which it was founded. King was well into his prepared remarks, Jones said, when his favorite gospel singer, Mahalia Jackson, cried out, “Tell them about the dream, Martin! Tell them about the dream.” And then King went off his script — and the speech became known as “I Have a Dream.” Watch the full speech here: https://goo.gl/MGQaKo | SF