Analyse af Martin Luther Kings 'I Have a Dream' tale

Martin Luther King was one of the leading mastodons in terms of advocating for Afro-American citizens civil rights during the 1950’s and 1960’s, where he played a major role in minimizing segregation and racial hatred towards Afro-Americans (until his assassination in 1968). King used Nonviolent resistance under his protests, because of his major inspiration from Mahatma Ghandi’s way of protesting, which is a major contrast to Malcom X. King guided the peaceful March on Washington D.C of 250.000 people to whom he delivered his notorious speech “I have a dream”. In this analytical essay I will focus on the Historical context of the speech and how he uses history as a way of argumentation.

I: Describe and explain King’s dream

Martin Luther King’s dream was racial equality: a USA where white people and Afro-Americans would possess the same opportunities and civil rights. He discussed the abolition of slavery and would often refer to the Emancipation Proclamation, the thirteenth amendment of the constitution, and Abraham Lincoln, since both the Emancipation Proclamation, the constitution and Abraham Lincoln were pro-black laws or activists and were fighting for a more diverse and equal America - just as King did. King did not want his kids to grow up in an America with racial inequality, which he also addresses in his speech “I have a dream that my four little children one day will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”