Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech transcript and music manuscript by Mark Fax

1960s-1971
Mark Fax Papers
 

In the 1960s, Mark Fax set Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream speech to music--Fax attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and witnessed the speech in person. The composition was performed by Howard University students in honor of Dr. King’s birthday in 1971. The Fax Papers include a handwritten transcription of the speech.