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This 7 page paper analyzes Dr. Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech in detail. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Martin Luther King. This paper examines his famous speech in detail. Discussion The best source for information about the speech is the speech itself, which is available online. Its very
short; it couldnt have taken him more than 4-5 minutes at the most to deliver it. And yet it contains some of the most memorable phrases ever spoken. The
main thesis of the speech is that African-Americans (Dr. King uses the word "Negroes" but usage has changed) have waited long enough for equality, and they now must press for
it, because America has broken its promise to them (King, 1963). He speaks from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and refers to President Lincoln as a "great American" who
"signed the Emancipation Proclamation," a document that "came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice"
(King, 1963). But, he says, the promise of the Proclamation was not kept, and 100 years later Negroes are still not free (King, 1963). He speaks of the ongoing injustices
of segregation and discrimination, and the fact that blacks are not close to achieving equality; he says the group has come there "to dramatize an appalling condition" and to cash
the "promissory note" that was made to each and every American when the Constitution was written (King, 1963). He and the group have come to demand "the riches of freedom
and the security of justice" (King, 1963). He is seeking and end to discrimination and the beginning of true brotherhood among all the people of America. Dr. King gave the
speech on August 28, 1963, at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It was his purpose to point out the fact that black Americans were still the targets
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