Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was part of a civil rights march on Washington to celebrate the passage of major civil rights legislation by Congress.

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While the civil rights march on Washington did occur after the passage of major civil rights legislation, Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was actually intended to put pressure on Congress to pass such legislation. The speech is often credited with helping to build public support for the Civil Rights Act, which was signed into law the following year.