The Fight for Equality
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Martin Luther King Jr. voiced these very same opinions to millions of people on August 28, 1963. On this day king changed the lives of thousands of Americans forever. His “I Have a Dream” gave African-Americans the power and strength that allowed them to stand up against whites and fight for their equality. King’s speech left me feeling angry about the unfair and unjust things African-Americans had to endure in the 1960, but inspired that even though all of the hardships African-Americans went though they still had the strength to fight for their equality.
King’s speech left me felling resentful about the racism and extreme segregation that African-Americans received while they were trying to find their way in the world. Racial bias is one thing every person that everyone endures …show more content…
African-American were constantly but under social abuse. They regularly assaulted by crowds of protesters against black equality. African Americans felt humiliated and scared with all the attacks, but they stuck together and comforted each other though those tough times. They all had one goal in mind and King states it perfectly in his speech “I have a dream that one day this nation will raise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal” (, pg. 601). The strength and togetherness of the African-American’s during the 1960, inspires me to fight for what I feel is right and though people maybe try to push me down, I will keep
“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Martin Luther King Jr. voiced these very same opinions to millions of people on August 28, 1963. On this day king changed the lives of thousands of Americans forever. His “I Have a Dream” gave African-Americans the power and strength that allowed them to stand up against whites and fight for their equality. King’s speech left me feeling angry about the unfair and unjust things African-Americans had to endure in the 1960, but inspired that even though all of the hardships African-Americans went though they still had the strength to fight for their equality.
King’s speech left me felling resentful about the racism and extreme segregation that African-Americans received while they were trying to find their way in the world. Racial bias is one thing every person that everyone endures …show more content…
African-American were constantly but under social abuse. They regularly assaulted by crowds of protesters against black equality. African Americans felt humiliated and scared with all the attacks, but they stuck together and comforted each other though those tough times. They all had one goal in mind and King states it perfectly in his speech “I have a dream that one day this nation will raise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal” (, pg. 601). The strength and togetherness of the African-American’s during the 1960, inspires me to fight for what I feel is right and though people maybe try to push me down, I will keep