What Is The Purpose Of The I Have A Dream Speech

Two score and ten years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. uttered the words of the “I Have A Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The speech is richly endowed with context as it came five score years after President Abraham Lincoln’s iconic “Gettysburg Address”. Lincoln’s proposition and steeled by Martin Luther King’s vision that our “nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal”, could not long endure unless we make good on that fundamental ideal. And yet it is ironic and true that the new nation created by our founding fathers four score and seven years before Lincoln’s speech laid aside the slavery issue for future generations, because it’s abolishment at the time would have negated the American compact before it had begun. Context in this respect is thus: our founding fathers brought forth a nation flawed with the stain of slavery but conceived in the ideal of equal rights for all; Lincoln ably corrected the flaw by …show more content…
Delaware valley job corps is making good to further MLK’s legacy every day through its visionary diversity program. I feel blessed to be at Delaware valley job corps because of the strength of this program. I, and many others, would not be here, were it not for the strength, clarity of purpose, and far-reaching vision of this program. Delaware valley job corps promotes Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision through its manifold daily mission encompassing admissions, diversity training, cultural sensitivity, and educational endeavors. Clearly, diversity is not confined to a once-a-year MLK Day or event. As Aristotle has taught us, excellence is a habit, not a one time thing. And thus, the path of true change is not a one-time occurrence; it is a daily mission with continuity that goes on for years and Delaware valley job corps is firmly fixed on that