Troubled community i have a dream this afternoon, that one day, right here in detroit, negroes will be able to buy a house or rent a house anywhere that their money will carry them, and they will be able to get a job. —dr. martin luther king jr., june 23, 1963 dr. martin luther king jr. uttered these words to a large crowd gathered in detroit, michigan on june 23, 1963, two months before his famous "i have a dream" speech at the march on washington. dr. king, along with mayor jerome cavanagh, had just led a march of 125,000 strong up woodward avenue to a rally at cobo hall. but why was dr. king leading a civil rights march in detroit, a northern city; and what led him to make these remarks