LAD #26

 In Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, King speaks on behalf of all African American people and their rights. He begins with how 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, the Negro is still not free and is still treated as inferiors to whites. The Declaration of Independence had stated that all men including black men would be guaranteed "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness", yet this still was not the case at the time. King then states how there was no justice among the people, and he wanted to help "make justice a reality for all of God's children." He will not be satisfied until this is achieved for all men and not just the white population. The monumental speech ends with several "I have a dream..." statements and is ultimately wrapped up with this last line of the speech: "...will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech is one that will never be forgotten and on this day America thanks him.