Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream'

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In the speech “I have a dream” (1963), Martin Luther King, a fighter for people of color argues that people of color should be treated with equality. King uses “negro” to show how they weren’t being treated with equality because if you were a “negro” you were less. Knowing that a change should be made, he tells the people to peacefully fight for their rights. In and encouraging and passionate tone he tells african american people that they should not give up or lose faith because a change has to be made.

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