Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Had A Dream Speech

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I think that most people know what Martin Luther king jr.’s “I Had a Dream” speech was about, and if not, his speech was about equality between people of different races. He believed that all people were equal whether they were white or not. He knew that we were all people with or without light skin. I on the other hand, am talking about people in general, I believe that everyone has a place in this world. I believe that we all have certain traits that build us as a person.
Everyone has certain traits that build us as a person. Everyone has fears in life, some people are afraid of things that happened in their past. They could be afraid of losing another important person in their life. My friend Leah lost her dad in a house fire a few years

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