鈥淚 submit to you that if a man hasn't discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live.鈥 鈥揇etroit
Two months before King delivered the 鈥淚 Have a Dream鈥 speech, he addressed thousands of activists after a march on Detroit on June 23, 1963. The speech contained a similar refrain that would make 鈥淚 Have a Dream,鈥 iconic, though the latter had historical and Biblical references that were not present when he spoke in Detroit.