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

On August 28, 1963, thousands of Americans marched on Washington, D.C., to urged Congress to pass a civil rights bill. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “ I have a dream” speech on the steps of Lincoln Memorial before more than 250,000 people. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of his most famous speeches at the dedication of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lincoln's speech emphasize the importance of ending the Civil War, Slavery, and reuniting the country. Yet 100 years later, the African-American still were sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. The Constitution and Declaration of Independence were a written promise to which every American would be granted the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. The ideas in Lincoln's speech and Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech relate in many ways. The themes of freedom in both speeches are shown with wanting for the world to be united as one, and the hope that one day to be equal, and through the use of repetition.

Abraham Lincoln is considered an American hero for persevering the Union and emancipating the slaves. In his speech he states “ It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought
Martin Luther King Jr. was a catalyst for social change in the 1950s and 1960s preaching a philosophy of nonviolence and galvanizing people of all races. In Dr.King’s I Have A Dream speech he states “ And they have come to realize their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.” This lines states that that the African American freedom is a bound that should not and cannot be untangled. Dr. King also states “ The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.” King means that the African Americans will not stop protest and peaceful riots until they are granted equal rights as the white and anyone