However, everyone didn't want to go last because they figured that the news crews would have already left. However, Martin said that he would go last, and everyone gladly stuck around to hear him speak. Martin wasn't even planning on giving his "I have a dream speech"! During a pause during Martin's planned remarks, Mahalia Jackson called out "Tell them about the dream, Martin!", referring to something he had mentioned in Detroit before. He then abandoned his planned remarks and told everyone about his dream. Many historians think that Martin's speech and the march were important in the making the civil rights act of 1964, the voting rights act of 1965, both which helped give African Americans in the United States get the rights that they
However, everyone didn't want to go last because they figured that the news crews would have already left. However, Martin said that he would go last, and everyone gladly stuck around to hear him speak. Martin wasn't even planning on giving his "I have a dream speech"! During a pause during Martin's planned remarks, Mahalia Jackson called out "Tell them about the dream, Martin!", referring to something he had mentioned in Detroit before. He then abandoned his planned remarks and told everyone about his dream. Many historians think that Martin's speech and the march were important in the making the civil rights act of 1964, the voting rights act of 1965, both which helped give African Americans in the United States get the rights that they