I Have A Dream

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I Have A Dream
    I would like to take this opportunity to express my thoughts and opinions on
Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech, “I Have a Dream.” In reading this speech I was
incredibly impressed by how well he was able to convey his message and how masterfully
it was written. What I am surprised by the most is how this man in that day and age, when
black men were so discriminated against, was able to so such a remarkable thing under
such racial tensions.
    Martin Luther King Jr. is truly inspirational. In his speech he inspires the people to
“not judge a person by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character” (King
515). Martin Luther King tells us of his many dreams some of which have been
accomplished since then, and some of which still need work.
    “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning
of its creed, ‘We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal” (King
515). This line, probably one of the most famous in his speech, was said with the intent to
get people to think. So far, up until then, blacks were still not treated as equals to the
whites. They were segregated, put into separate places and not allowed in certain places.
In no way, shape, or form were the Negro in America treated as fairly or as equally as the
white man.
    Today, blacks and whites are supposedly equal, even though statistics show that there is still a huge problem. Statistics such as the number of blacks in prison compared to the number of whit

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