UNIT-ELEVEN"I Have A Dream"
Martin Luther king,a black civil right campaigner,delivered an unforgettable speech "I Have A Dream" on August 28,1963 commemorating the centennial of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.In this speech he presses for equal treatment and improved circumstances for blacks,and stresses on the necessity of eradicating institutional racial inequalities.King expresses
sharp dissatisfaction over segregation and racial discrimination,pledging his followers to a fight to the finish to wipe out all forms of segregation and to achieve equality and integration.However,he is in favor of creative and disciplined protest without physical violence.In his speech he even appeals the whites to join hands with blacks in order to revolt against discriminatory practices against blacks.He doesn't show hatred against whites,he is against color discrimination and racial prejudice.He wants a new America in its social make up,establish symphony of brotherhood among blacks and whites,and eradicate the discriminatory treatment of black Americans.His dream is deeply rooted in the American dream of life'life,liberty and pursuit of happiness'.He voices that even after hundred years of passing of Emancipation proclamation by Lincoln,America stands as the hell to the blacks.Blacks are exiled in their own country and live in poverty in the vast ocean of material prosperity.He also mentions the words of the Constitution and Deceleration of Independence Which guaranteed the unalienable rights of life,liberty and pursuit of happiness.But these magnificent words were not applied into practice in case of colored citizens.He demands the riches of freedom,security of justice,and citizenship rights to the black.He argues that the policy of gradualism in the matter of justice will raise discontent among blacks.
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