This resource features a deaf child, Salma, presenting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech in American Sign Language (ASL). Through expressive signing, Salma shares the speech’s themes of equality, justice, and civil rights.
Originally delivered in 1963 during the March on Washington, the speech remains a significant historical text. In this ASL rendition, key ideas are conveyed using facial expressions, body movement, and spatial referencing, which are essential elements of ASL structure.
This video supports learning in civil rights history and Deaf culture.