King frames his vision for the future with the famous phrase, “I have a dream”(King). “I have a dream” is repeated in eight successive sentences. That simple phrase spoke into the lives of many people, touched their hearts, made them feel, and made them want change. He is also saying that he has hope, that one day the whole nation will rid itself of the segregation and discrimination that it has been so immersed in for centuries. He uses his American dream to appeal to all Americans. King uses “one hundred years later” in paragraph three (King). It gives context to the injustices that have been happening for a century. The effect of this emphasis is an overwhelming sense of how persistent injustice has been in the United States. King wants
