Martin Luther King Jr. starts with talking about the Emancipation Proclamation and how it effected all the slaves, with granting them their freedom. He continues on to say that African Americans are still segregated and chained up(figuratively) in many ways, 100 years later. He continues on to talk about how all the terrible things that the African Americans have to deal with. He then goes on to talk about how the constitution says that everyone is equal and has "certain unalienable rights", but America has broken it's promise and denies the blacks their rights. After this, he says that they(the African Americans) are trying to get these rights, and how they need to do something to get these rights, and immediately. He then says that they will continue to fight for these rights until they get them, but they must do it peacefully. Next, he says that the white man and the black man are connected, so they must not hate each other. After this, MLK lists many issues going on in the nation at that moment which needed to be changed. He then says that there is hope that things will change. Following this, Martin Luther says his famous "I have a dream" lines, which express his hope that the white and black man would be equal one day, in every way there is. He then says that the day of equality will come one day. He then finishes by saying that in order for America to be truly great, there must be freedom in the form of equality every single place in the United States.
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| MLK's I Have a Dream Speech(click hyperlink for source) |
MLK's I Have a Dream Speech(video)
MLK's I Have a Dream Speech(text)
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