Speaker:dr. Martin Luther King Speech Name:i Have A Dream
Speaker:dr. Martin Luther King Speech Name:i Have A Dream
Speaker:dr. Martin Luther King Speech Name:i Have A Dream
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SPEAKER:DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING
SPEECH NAME:I HAVE A DREAM
The “I Have a Dream” speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was delivered during
the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. He gave the speech at the
Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.; this speech expresses King’s notorious hope
for America and the need for change. He opens the speech by stating how happy he
is to be with the marchers, and emphasizes the historical significance of their march
by calling it “the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.”
He talks about Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation one
hundred years before the march He says, “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for
freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” This is a crucially
important sentiment, as King’s leadership was defined by civil disobedience, not
violence. He proved that real legal change could be made without resorting to
violence. Though there was much violence during the Civil Rights movement, he
was always for peace, and urged others to protest peacefully, what he calls in his
speech “the high plane of dignity and discipline.” Then comes the most famous part
of this speech, for which it is titled. King says his dream is “deeply rooted in the
American dream.” This reinforces the protestors’ rights to equality in America. He
says he dreams that “the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners
will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.” This emphasizes the
need for black and white Americans to work together. He talks about the importance
of faith, and that “all flesh shall see [the glory of the Lord] together. He begins the
next section by mentioning mountainsides throughout the country, repeating “Let
freedom ring.” King closes the speech with another iconic line: “When all of God’s
children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics,
will be able to join hands and sing the words of the old Negro spiritual: ‘Free at last!
Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!’”