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

Martin Luther King Jr. starts his speech with an allusion to the Emancipation Proclamation, about how the slaves were set free, but still "one hundred years later, the Negro is still not free." He goes on to talk about how situations and life are still anything but great or equal one hundred years after this was supposed to happen. He also makes reference to the Declaration of Independence and how these rights do not hold true for blacks. He talks of Civil Rights and how the country must change. He then talks about his dreams saying "I have a dream..." "I have a dream today!" and continues this pattern with heartfelt words. One of the most memorable parts is when he says, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." He ends with let freedom ring in all the areas of the United States and let blacks be "Free at last!"