LAD #26: I Have a Dream Speech

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of the most important and inspirational speech in the twentieth century on August 28th, 1963. The famous "I Have a Dream" speech has never been forgotten in the hearts of the African Americans during that time period. The speech started off by talking about the Emancipation Proclamation. King talks about how the slaves were meant to be free for one hundred years now and still are not. His next topic was about the Declaration of Independence. He talked about how the declaration includes that all men are equal with unalienable rights. This statement however excludes the black race and this needs to be changed. Next comes the most famous part of his speech where he says, "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." King delivers one of the most moving speeches in his time in front of the Lincoln memorial, as Lincoln would be proud.