I Have A Dream Speech By Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

In the prominent “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prophesied the reality of our present: “One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.” Fifty more years of suffrage, pain, and deceit would be waved into the African American culture. You are a shackle being dragged through the trenches of a prolonging oppression. Learning about the suffrage individuals go through has taught me to appreciate the skin I’m in and use it to my advantage. Being a strong person can take you as far as you please. This morning I am here today to convince you that you can break free from the brutal world society has you chained to. I will be using the example of the hardships that African Americans went through because of the unfair society we are living in. Let’s start with the subject of slavery. Everyone in this room was born with the right to do as they please as an American citizen. Citizens of the continent of Africa in the early 1600s didn’t have the privilege
Ever since Africans were brought to the new world there was hardship for them. Fighting for equality for over four hundred years was an arduous fight, but worth it in the long run. On January 20, 2009, the United States history would be altered forever. President Barack Obama took office as our first African American president. Everything the civil rights leaders were preaching about finally came to pass. Just because society knocks you down, you can’t take it whatever it throws at you and accept it. Using disadvantages for later on advantages is the absolute best way to handle difficult situations. Can we consider these main points: slavery has started the idea that blacks were “supposed” to be treated like nothing, equality is an understatement, and there is always a way to overcome a hardship if someone really wants to break free from their