Most people associate "I Have A Dream" with the historic speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial August 28,1963. However, King delivered the first version of this speech months earlier at Cobo Hall Detroit following the Great March to Freedom by 125,000 people down Woodward Avenue Sunday, June 23. At the parade front with King were U.A.W. President Walter Reuther, former Michigan Governor John Swainson and Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanaugh. The march ended at Cobo Hall. The "Dream" sections of both speeches are online at urbansemiotic.com/2008/01/21/i-have-a-dream-detroit-june-23. This sign was probably posted on an outdoor electric pole around two weeks prior to the march as it also promotes rallies June 14 and 21 at the Bethel AME Church and Peoples Community Church. The credit line reads "Sponsored By The Detroit Council For Human Rights." The march began "Woodward At Vernor Avenue - 3p.m." and the bold text reads "We Need You/Join...One Hundred Thousand...And/Walk To Freedom With...Martin Luther King, Junior." The cardboard is 14x22" with obvious aging. There is warping, but this would be eliminated if framed. There is an overall browning which varies in tone. At center and downward there is a visible 12" vertical split repaired on reverse by archival tape as is a 2" tear at top right corner. There are small moisture stains on left side to depth of 3" and a tack hole in each corner. While showing damage, this remains a very historic and very rare artifact heralding an important early event in the Civil Rights Movement and portending so many critical events to come in the five remaining years of King's life. Only example known to us.