I had a dream once

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

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.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

(part of his full speech) By Martin Luther King Jr.

What this speech is trying to say its that America was being racist against the African-Americans until Martin Luther King Jr. arrived to the states and complained about the racism in America so he decided that he will speak in front of thousands of African-Americans and white Americans to explain how he felt about the negro slavery in America. He changed a lot of lives in America and how people react when they see an African-American.

Lost in dreams - Anonymous