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Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream Today!"

            's speech "I Have a Dream Today!" was given on August 28, 1963, when he shared his hopes and dreams for the unity of our nation. His speech was one of the most influential speeches of our time. King's speech "I Have a Dream Today!" clearly express's his various ideas of how he believed that white people should treat people of color with equality. He wanted people of color and white people to have equal opportunities to grow together, be able to go to school together, eat in the same restaurants and drink at same water fountains. With the intention of everyone, regardless of there color they should have the freedom of speech and the same opportunities as one another. I myself do not believe that Martin Luther King Jr's dreams have been fulfilled. Although racism against people of color today has improved and is definitely more recognized; it is still thriving in our world today. .
             King was the first Black American to speak out, and give people of color a voice, and give them the opportunity to fight for their rights as humans. In the first line of his famous speech he stated: "I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation." Years later a national holiday was established in honor of the dreamer Martin Luther King Jr. This holiday represents not only a speech of his dream for the nation; in addition it shows his unbelievable effort to establish a hope for his dream to become a reality. .
             I myself hear of racism and hate crimes each day, through the media and newspapers. Just yesterday I did a search on the internet for the word "Nigger" for the purpose of this paper and I was taken aback by the results. I found a website for a "Nigger Owners manual" which was created in 2001. It included ideas on how to own a colored person and how to treat them. On another site, the Klu Klux Klan had a message board that was for white racialists to express there feelings on having to deal with people of color in daily living.


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1. Martin Luther King Jr.

... their character. I have a dream today (http://members.aol.com/klove01/dreamsp.htm). However, King was more than a dreamer, he dedicated his life to fighting for equal rights and taking practical steps to attain his goal. In 1963 alone King traveled more then two hundred and seventy-five thousand miles and delivered more then three hundred and fifty speeches throughout the U.S. (Siebold 147). Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. won the ... for equal rights. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream for America. A dream that would go unanswered for many years after his death. Martin Luther King Jr. fough...

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2. The Dream of MLK Jr.

... The summer of 1963, when the priest Shuttleworth met US President John F. Kennedy in the White House, he said: "There is no Birmingham, we can not sit here today." Here in the white police strongly opposed racial integration known. Unarmed black demonstrators and police dogs and armed with conflict between police fire water cannon, as newspaper headlines around the ... ," the movement, the protest movement has more than two hundred and fifty thousand protesters gathered in Washington, DC. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. published "I Have a Dream," the famous...

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3. Mr. Luther King

... . King had a dream; a dream that one day we could all live in peace, no matter what one's skin colour may be. Although King's goal was not reached before his death, he dedicated much of his life to creating equality among the races by changing society's thoughts and actions on racism, and shaping the mould for the much more equal society we live in today. Martin Luther King Jr. was ... born to Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. and Mrs. Martin King (Alberta) on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. King grew up in a two-story Victorian house located in "Sweet Auburn," the centre of black Atlant...

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4. Martin Luther King

... wide racism has been an issue, and still is. Many people have tried to solve this problem in many ways. One way that is common is influencing people through speech. A number of the speakers were successful and others unsuccessful. Martin Luther King Jr. was definitely one of the many very successful. As many already know, Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader for the black people of America ... orphan." Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?, 1967. " 7 These statements have influenced many people. The most famous speech of all is the "I Have A D...

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... Dream (Delivered on the steps of Martin Luther King, jr's burial sight in Atlanta, GA on April 5, 2002) For nearly thirty year, Americans suffered a great injustice. We were made to believe, excuse me tricked and deceived into believing Doctor/Reverend Martin Luther King, jr. was the most important civil rights leader. Today, we must face the truth that King, jr. was not the man we thought he was. So we have come here today ... will no longer be blind to facts that were masterfully disguised. I too have a dream, a new dream. I have a new dream that the truth will touch everyone. Not jus...

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6. Martin Luther King

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7. The Impact or Martin Luther King Jr.

... All Martin Luther King Jr. wanted was to keep the promise of America and live out the American dream. "Free at last free at last thank god almighty we are free at last." Martin Luther King Jr. brought out the true meaning of peace and justice in his phenomenal speech. Although there were several people that admired him, there were also people that despised him. Today people ... are treated equally because of Martin Luther King Jr. Not only did he make ... people's lives and not only America, but all around the world. Without Martin Luther King Jr.'s meaningful words they would not of ha...

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8. Muther Luther King

... my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and ... black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill ...

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9. Martin Luther King

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10. Martin Luther King, Jr

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