Martin Luther King, Jr. and His Speech
"I say to you, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of
today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted
in the American dream.
"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the
true meaning of it's creed: "We hold these truth to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal."…I have a dream today."
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech still echoes in the minds of
Americans today. Black and white alike can relate to his dream: that
all men, no matter their color, are created in equality.
On January 15, 1929, a boy named King came into the world with few
cares. Little did anyone know that one day this young Michael (whose
name was later changed to Martin) would be come a great orator and
spokesperson for the African-Americans of the country of the United
States.
King attended segregated public schools in Georgia and graduated high
school at 15. He later became a co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist
Church with his father, Martin Luther King, Sr. Martin later attained
a BA at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1948. He went on to
acquire a BD at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania in 1951.
In 1955, he met and married Coretta Scott.
King's first presence in politics was a humble presidency position for
the Montgomery Improvement Association - a black activist organization
- that had just ordered a boycott of the state's buses. When the U.S.
Supreme Court ordered that Alabama's segregation laws
unconstitutional, the Montgomery buses were desegregated in December
of 1956. King was subsequently launched into a name that every
schoolchild would read about in their history books.
King's life from then on was a whirlwind of leadership. He was elected
president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957; and
traveled with this conference over 6 million miles speaking over the
course of eleven years. He wrote 5 books and numerous articles.
I Have a Dream; a speech given by King in front of the Washington Memorial
dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its
King, Martin Luther. I Have A Dream. I Have A Dream. The McGraw-Hill Reader: Issues Across the Disciplines. 8th edition, Ed.
Martin Luther King Jr’s most compelling point was that every person has the same rights
During the 1950s, racism against African-Americans was a prevalent issue in the United States. Although all blacks were supposed to be free, under a corrupt law system, blacks were victimized mercilessly. Therefore, many civil rights activists emerged in order to fight for equal rights for the black community. The most notable activist was Dr Martin Luther King Jr. King engaged in various civil rights boycotts and protests. Out of all of his civil rights efforts, the most prominent was the “I Have a Dream” speech, given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the “March on Washington” in 1963. The speech illustrated the issue of racism and provoke the audience to sympathise with the blacks while providing hope to the depressed African-American community.
... said, “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”
On August 28, 1963, the legendary Martin Luther King Jr. gave his empowering speech, demanding equality among the African American and white race, and the injustices that have proved the conditions unequal between the two races. In his speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. uses many rhetorical devices to convey the idea that whites have brutally mistreated blacks for hundreds of years, even though, as a group, they have paved the nation, laying the foreground of the United States.
In Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, he elaborates on the injustices that were wildly plaguing America in the year 1963. Black people all over the country were being treated unfairly, locked up in prison for false crimes, and refused the great opportunities that white people were so lucky to receive. Before the year 1963, President Abraham Lincoln was the last person to make such an impact in the equal treatment of all people, so for about 100 years, blacks had no one to back them in their fight for equal treatment.
Martin Luther King, Jr. lost his life trying to better the lives of African American people who, because of their skin color, didn’t have the same rights as white people in America. King was a man of integrity and passion with a vision of a desegregated society. He played a part in the Civil Rights Movements where he eventually went to jail because of his protesting, and he became involved in the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.
... the American Dream goes, it will ALWAYS be there for most American citizens. However, whether or not we can achieve the American Dream will be the true battle.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
...t in the some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over out great nation with all their scintillating beauty.” -Martin Luther King Jr.
A man who wanted equality for him and others in the same situation. Martin Luther King Jr. was apart of the civil rights movement. He gave speeches and did walk’s to help prove that him and people in the same situation were equal to white’s. Martin Luther King Jr. did this all without violence. Martin Luther King Jr. needed to prove a point and knew that violence wasn't the key. Martin Luther King Jr. write’s one of the most famous speech in the world. This speech is called “I Have a Dream”. With this speech he affected us by having equality, non-violent protest, and the Civil Rights movement.
I have a dream… you have a dream… our nation has a dream… our world has a dream. We all have a dream.