LAD #26: MLK's 'I Have a Dream' Speech

Martin Luther King Junior's 'I Have a Dream' speech is easily one of the most known speech in America. He starts off by referencing Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation when the slaves were set free. Then he states that 100 years later, African Americans are still being discriminated against and not able to live completely free lives. He then continues explaining all the bad things that African Americans go through, and says now is the time to do something about it. He explains that African Americans will not keep living in these conditions and will not stop until justice is served. He says that they will not turn to physical violence but they will not stop until they are given their complete freedom. He then talks about the dream he has for the country, the dream that one day nobody will be judged by their skin color but by their character. He dreamed that one day blacks and whites would live together in peace.