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His Dream Lives This world was and still is a world of hate and crime. But in the time of Martin Luther King, Junior, there was probably more of that racial hate than there is today. What we have today, is still some of that racial hate, but at least it isn't as bad as it was back in the 1950's, back then there were separate bathrooms for people of different colors, separate water fountains, separate everything. I believe that Martin Luther King, Junior help shape the world of today and change it from what I just mentioned to what we now have. Dr. King probably used His famous "I Have a Dream" to help him mold the world of today. Throughout his speech, Dr. King made several comments on the freedom of minorities, specifically African-Americans in the United States of America. Think about the world today; there still is racism and racial prejudice occasionally, but compare where we are now to what the world would probably be like if there wasn't a great man in it like Dr. King. In his "I Have A Dream" speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior states what should be happening in the world at that time and what is happening at that time. Dr. King calls for a change. In Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech he quotes the lyrics to the song "My Country 'Tis Of Thee". "My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of the I sing" Dr. King quoted to the thousands who gathered to hear him speak, "Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring." He said that if this country really was to be the great country it is known as being, then, every man woman and child will be able to sing those words and know what they mean. "Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York." said Dr. King, naming places, "Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi." King started to finish his speech, "From every mountainside, let freedom ring. When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior finished his speech and caused an uproar of cheers and clapping from his crowd. He called for a change in the treatment for people all people in the nation of America. He made that speech of his hoping that a better world would come out of his work. I sometimes wonder; if he looked down on us from heaven, would he like what he sees? Critiques: -Avoid use of 1st person. |