In March, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech. He opened with the well known line "I have a dream". This statement was repeated throughout his speech, and the audience reacted with a great emotional response. His dream is of a day where the "content of their character" judges men, not skin color. He also dreams of a day where his children can play with the white children. He references the preamble of the Constitution that "all men are created equal", and that blacks should receive a status equal to whites. He also dreams of a day in which crooked things will be bent strait, wrongs will be righted, and former slave owners will sit down to dinner with their freed slaves. This speech resounded throughout America, and the waves it raised are still felt today.
Friday, January 18, 2013
LAD 26: MLK's 'I Have a Dream' Speech
In March, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech. He opened with the well known line "I have a dream". This statement was repeated throughout his speech, and the audience reacted with a great emotional response. His dream is of a day where the "content of their character" judges men, not skin color. He also dreams of a day where his children can play with the white children. He references the preamble of the Constitution that "all men are created equal", and that blacks should receive a status equal to whites. He also dreams of a day in which crooked things will be bent strait, wrongs will be righted, and former slave owners will sit down to dinner with their freed slaves. This speech resounded throughout America, and the waves it raised are still felt today.
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