"I Have a Dream"

Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech “I Have a Dream” is a speech we all can never forget. Even though maybe we weren’t even born when this occurred, this speech has still put an impact on us. When he gave this speech this was a time when blacks and whites were not equal. He was willing to step up there and fight for what he believed in. He talked about how we should all be equal and blacks should be set free. Our country represents freedom; at this time it was really only the whites that were truly experiencing what it meant to be free. This was a time when blacks had to sit in the back of the bus and whites sat in the front. There was a strong racial tension and it took a lot of courage for him to go up there and use words that had meaning to what he was saying. The way he spoke made his speech so much powerful. You could tell by the way he was speaking that there was a meaning behind it. He gave the speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, which I think it was a good place because it’s in Washington representing the president to make a change. His speech was such a great example that even my communication referenced him in my class. My teacher told us look at the energy and emotion he has. If he had been motionless, the speech probably wouldn’t have been as affective.

This speech was trying to persuade people that we are all equal and we should all be treated as equal. This speech did later on make this happen, but it wasn’t for a while till things started actually turning around. Probably back then, the white people were stubborn and weren’t going to change their minds for anything. So his speech probably wasn’t affective towards that audience. He did give the African Americans the strength and courage they needed to keep pushing onward. You could tell by the audience applause that they were all for him and they all wanted to be free. At this point they didn’t really care what it took in order to be set free so they started to be a little rebellious. His speech did have an impact on them and it had an impact on me. Even though I wasn’t born when this occurred I could still feel the emotion from his speech. I never thought that we shouldn’t be equal, but if I did his speech would have definitely persuaded me. His language and the confidence in his voice showed you that he was confident. He wanted for him and his people to have freedom in the United States. I respect him for all his hard work and determination for what he did. He was willing to risk all he had, which he did, in order to have this country equal freedom and rights. I don’t have to worry about racial tension in restaurants or anywhere else, which is a great feeling.