“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. In the following sentences, he expressed the classic American view that it mattered not where you came from, what religion you practiced, or your race but that you could sit down with anyone and create a better place to live, work, and raise a family. This is how any free nation must exist else it will destroy itself from within. MLK understood that for a nation to remain viable, it must be possible to live among one another to show respect and care for one another, to be united. “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.’”
MLK wanted to express the fact that our nation was not living up to this ideal but were on the precipice of rejecting the legal and social racism of our time. Declaration of Independence because it was the core of America. He was also aware of American ideals, and so he drew attention to the U.S.
Certainly, he was most concerned about how blacks were treated in America. Most of us believe the importance of his speech centered on removing racial segregation and discrimination against blacks in America. gave his famous and inspiring ‘I Have a Dream’ speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. It was 56 years ago today, August 28, 1963, when Martin Luther King, Jr.
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