LAD #26

Summary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech

 In March of 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C. Thousands of civil rights supporters gathered to listen. The speech was his way of expressing how he hoped someday everyone would share the same vision of equality. He told the crowd that even since the Emancipation Proclamation the black community is still oppressed and facing many cruel sufferings. He also expressed his dream that one day blacks and whites would walk and live together happily and peacefully and everyone would be equal. He points out that the U.S. is supposed to be a place where "All men are created equal" but that hasn't been realized yet because of the ongoing oppression and discrimination. MLK tells the nation that the fight for equality has begun and will not weaken until all men, blacks and whites, are truly created equal. He desired a world for his children where they would not be judged or hated because of the color of their skin. He  tells the civil rights supporters that things will not get better today or tomorrow but they have to go back to the south or the slums of the north and continue to fight because one day equality will be achieved. He closes by saying that once the nation realizes and accepts all of God's children to be equal then and only then will freedom ring.