I Have a Dream - Martin Luther King

 I Have A Dream - Martin Luther King

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    “I Have a Dream” is a speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963 on the march to Washington, at the Lincoln Memorial. He marched to demand black rights and their liberty. This march is recorded as the “greatest demonstration for freedom” in United States history. This speech gives hope for the future.    

    Martin Luther King begins his speech by referring to Emancipation Proclamation. One hundred years after this proclamation, the black people in America are still not free. They still are in the lonely island of poverty. They still find themselves as exiles in their own native American soil. Martin Luther then proclaims that he has come today to cash in the check called freedom. He refuses to go back empty handed. He declares that it is time to make the promises of democracy a reality.

    Luther declares that he will not rest until freedom to Negroes are granted. The whirlwind of revolt will sweep if this promise is purposefully broken. He then says to his people that they should not drink the cup of freedom by means of cheap wrongful deeds. Violence to gain freedom is not the right pathway. The protest must not become a physical violence. 

    Martin Luther asserts that in this walk of freedom, he is not alone. He is joined by all communities, including whites. They join hand in hand with them to gain the victory. He boldly proclaims "We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream".

    Though today we face difficulties tomorrow will be ours, since he believes in the American Dream. Luther says, "I have a dream today that one day" freedom will ring at all corners of America from North to South and from West to East and on that day  God's children, black men and white men, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

    Martin Luther King ends his powerful speech in a positive note where all are considered one. This speech is one of the greatest speech that gives motivation, hope and peace.