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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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, to advocate for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. It was not to celebrate the passage of legislation, but rather to demand the enactment of civil rights laws.