LAD #26 MLK Jr "I Have a Dream"

In Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech he describes his dream for racial equality for all those in the United States. He said that the movement, headed by himself, would not stop until black people were given the complete racial equality that they deserved and were promised by the Constitution as citizens of the US. He begins his speech by declaring the first significant move toward equality began when the slaves were freed under Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. He states that since then there has been no real forward progress which King attributes to the lack of freedom of blacks. This would be due to segregation and racial discrimination. He says that due to these factors the black people are forced to live in poverty. He digs further to say that since the foundation of the United States the country was designed that all men be equal. He makes sure that it is known the movement has a goal and will not stop until that goal is met. He urges the black people to keep their protests and displays peaceful and to do so without bitterness towards the whites as the freedom of blacks depends on the white men. King calls for the discrimination, lack of suffrage, and physical violence to end. He concludes his speech by stating his dream is rooted within the American Dream, that whites and blacks will be able to coexist without violence and people will be judged based on character not skin color.