Coretta Scott King Urged Students to “Speak Out with Righteous Indignation” The Harvard class of 1968 invited Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to address them on Class Day, and the civil-rights leader accepted. ... Read her complete speech in this PDF from the July 1, 1968, issue of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin.
Who was King's audience for this speech?
Original Audience
King spoke "I Have a Dream" to an immediate crowd of 250,000 followers who had rallied from around the nation in a March on Washington held in front of the Lincoln Memorial. His audience also consisted of millions across the nation and the world via radio and television.
