page_title: 1963 in the United States
section_title: August
hierarchical_section_title: 1963 in the United States / Events / August
caption_attribution_description: English: Dr. Martin Luther King giving his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington in Washington, D.C., on 28 August 1963. Español: Dr. Martin Luther King dando su discurso "Yo tengo un sueño" durante la Marcha sobre Washington por el trabajo y la libertad en Washington, D.C., 28 de agosto de 1963.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1963 in the United States.
context_section_description: August 5 – The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
  August 18 – James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
  August 21 – Cable 243: In the wake of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the Kennedy administration orders the US Embassy, Saigon to explore alternative leadership in South Vietnam, opening the way towards a coup against Diem.
  August 28 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to an audience of at least 250,000, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
caption: August 28: "I Have a Dream" (Martin Luther King Jr.)
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image ExifOffset": "90", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1296", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1403"}