¨I HAVE A DREAM¨

 CLASS 3

I Have a Dream is Martin Luther King Jr.'s most famous speech, because he was a prominent social activist who led the American civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. He was influenced by historical figures like Gandhi. King spread the message of equity and social recognition for victims of injustice, African-Americans, and low-income residents.

Dr. Martin Luther King begins his speech by talking about the Emancipation Proclamation by saying: ¨Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity¨ (Luther King, 1963). To better understand the above, we must take into account that President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the country approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation stated that all people held as slaves in the rogue states are, and will henceforth be, free.

King's message in “I Have a Dream” was to call for racial justice and a diverse and integrated society. He referenced the Bible, the USA Freedom Testimony, and the Gettysburg Address to support his argument about the need for American society to accept the rights of minorities and underserved populations in order to generate a diverse and vibrant territory that can triumph and achieve the “American Dream”. He acknowledged that his quest for stability was highly idealistic and ambitious. However, King looked to the future with a positive view that all people in the US could be considered equivalent.











References:
https://www.archives.gov/espanol/la-proclamacion-de-emancipacion
https://uregina.ca/~gingrich/k1.htm
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/will-kymlicka




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