Review Of Martin Luther King Jr.'s I Have A Dream Speech

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I read the Martin Luther King Jr's “ I have a dream” speech. This speech is very popular. Since the august 28 in 1963, a lot of people had great march for celebrate the emancipation proclamation for 100 years in Washington D.C. Dr.King’s speech about exposure about the life of African Americans. A long time ago the white people sign in the emancipation proclamation, but they still discrimination of African Americans. I was very impressed by the “I have a dream” speech, and I understand why this speech was famous; because Dr.King’s read the speech, he gave the hope the audience. People who getting despair or failure.
The first, my favorite quote in the speech is “I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations

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