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

On August 28th, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. starts his speech off stating that the African Americans were "freed" after the civil war with the Emancipation Proclamation, but segregation prevents this idea of freedom. He believes that the country as a whole should allow all races to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. He expresses that the time for gradual change is long gone, and that the Negro must be granted civil rights. He advocates that African Americans should not act uncivilized, or use violence along their search for citizenship. He hopes that America will make his dream reality, by supporting that all men are created equal.