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

Isn’t it insane to believe that one person can have a crucial influence on society, changing people’s interpretation on the world? Around the 1970s African Americans were looked upon differently compared to Caucasian people and began segregating them. The African Americans saw how unfair they were treated, but extremely few spoke up. One essential person during that time was Martin Luther King Jr. He stated his opinion that everyone should be treated equally, no matter what the consequences were. He is one of the many reasons why the world is the way it is now. Martin Luther King Jr. gave one of the world’s most persuasive speech, ‘I Have a Dream”. The “I have a dream” speech had many goals he wanted to get out such as to stop the inequality
and segregating the blacks from whites. It has completely hanged the world from what it was to what it is now. Back in the 1970s, African Americans were segregated by bathrooms, schools, bus seats, water fountains, and many more. In his speech he states, “I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.” This quote demonstrates that he hopes in the future that African Americans and Caucasians will one day be able to be together and be friends, without being frowned upon by society. Kids can finally grow up in a world where it is okay to call a white or black person their friend, they can walk with any race to a water fountain and separating after seeing a sign saying “for whites only”. This speech has significantly changed the world for the better. Another goal Martin Luther King Jr.
had giving out the “I have a dream” speech was equal rights. Although they had passed the Constitution and declaration of independence which had promised rights of life, liberty, and happiness they were not provided with any of those following rights. They still were abused, lynched by white people, and unable to fully exercise their right to vote. According to the speech, “I had a dream” it says, “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This shows that even though the declaration of independence and the constitution was passed, they were still treated the same. They had allowed African Americans to vote, but Caucasians began to lynch them to intimidate other African Americans. They still did not receive any rights that white people got such as the rights the vote, be segregated, and more. In conclusion, Martin Luther king Jr.’s persuasive speech has changed the world for the better. We now live in a world where everyone is treated equally and no longer separated due to race. We can get a job no matter what their skin color is or go to school with any
race.