The Martin Luther King Jr. speech was simply about hope and faith. He was portraying the message of hope, in attempts to reach out to the folks in America that were arguably making America an unjust land. He simply wanted whites and blacks to be able to live together and be equal. He wanted all of America to know that the land was supposed to be equal because Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation and the American people did not exactly obey; because at that time the Negros were still seen as the disgraceful race. “Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.” Also King also wanted to let America know that throughout all that has happened from police brutality to all the discriminations, he still had a dream. A dream that at the time was unheard of and unreal, a dream that simply relied on faith and hope, a dream that could possibly change the America we all live in and enjoy today, and lastly a dream that could possible change the world. This dream he had was simply for everyone to be equal, “I have a dream that one day
this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." He had a dream that no one would “…be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” He had a dream that “one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."
King’s purpose for the speech was to spread the word