I Have A Dream Speech: Martin Luther King Jr.

In the 1860s, the north and the south fought against each other over the long-standing controversy over slavery. At the end of the Civil War, slavery was abolished by the 13th amendment and slaves were free from their masters. The ex-slaves were free, but it would take some time for them to gain equal rights. Former slaves faced obstacles for equal rights like voting and segregation for nearly a century. Although the 14th and 15th amendments helped blacks with equal rights there was no one to blazed a trail for blacks until Martin Luther King Jr. came along. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist and became a figurehead during the Civil Rights Movement for his peaceful protests. Martin Luther King Jr. peacefully stood against racial …show more content…
that was apart of the factors that ended segregation. The “I Have a Dream” speech was given on August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial to end racism in the United States and gained equal rights. King, the speaker to the “I Have a Dream” speech told his fellow brothers and sisters “I have a dream that my four little 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!”. King wanted the United States citizens to judge a person by his/her character and not by their skin tone. He also said at the Lincoln Memorial “ I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of"interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today!”. King also wanted the future of the United States to see others not by their skin tone but as brothers and sisters. The “I Have a Dream” speech helped end segregation due to King wanted everyone to get along and look to each other as brothers and sisters.
Finally, King’s peaceful march and the “I’ve been to the Mountaintop” speech was one of the last contributions King gave to end segregation. On April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his last public speech before his death the next day. King’s speech talked about the unfair working conditions in the cities and the people who protest against the low pay grade and the poor working conditions (National Public Radio). King wanted to highlight the significance of the unfair working conditions and low pay grade in the