Today, I ask all of my brothers and sisters of America and beyond to take time to remember a true martyr of freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Let his life's work continue to promote progress and humanitarianism in all people. Let freedom continue to ring now just as loudly as it did during the Civil Rights Movement and may it continue to echo throughout eternity so that liberty for all colors and cultures, races and religions is never compromised again. Let us all aspire to have a voice that echoes MLK's Dream...
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- PARAGRAPH ONE: Explain what the speech means to YOU! There is no right or wrong. What do you believe is being said? What is the message?
- PARAGRAPH TWO: Connect the quote to another text (book, film, song, poem, etc.). What have you seen or heard in media that echoes this message?
- PARAGRAPH THREE: Connect the speech to society or something of historical significance or to something that is current in the world today. How does this speech apply to the world?
- PARAGRAPH FOUR: Relate the message contained in the speech to your own life and explain what it means to you on a personal level.
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To be honest the speech stands out not just as a way to get people to think but to explain there really isn't a huge difference between cultures. We all have tradition such, as little hobbies or actives. Even some of our foods are inspire one another. I really think the message is to carry out what Dr. Martin Luther King died trying to create and to spread throughout the America and also the rest of the world. Freedom is for all and rights should be equal because as humans we'll be similar.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of books that are based on peace or equal right between people. For, example Buddha always spoke of the man in how he was not to be evil or how love and peace affects everyone. "He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes".
Is a quote by Buddha but to me he explains what I feel that Dr. King was trying to state. Also because Martin loved everyone no matter what race, he felt uniting and spreading love had to be what he was meant to do in life. It cause him to have tons of woes with his family, friends, and even other black leaders who took another road to fixing how America‘s society forty years ago and longer than that.
Many countries still to this day are following how to be segregated or using methods to harm one another because of culture or different beliefs. I personally disagree with that method I feel that it is not fair to hate one man because he has a different skin color, features, religion, or come from another area of a country. In 2007 there was a high school in Georgia attending their first integrated prom. Now this wouldn't be possible without the student learning King's teaching of how they have rights and how they are entitled to be treated equal especially during events.
This message relates to me because I myself happen to be a young black woman. In class were always asked to answer question that are similar to the topic of "I have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. himself .We also state are voices and what We think and believe about racism or any type of hatred. One thing that really seem un-fair to Me is that every race has to put their background and American in one sentence but whites don’t. For example, blacks are called African American but why if we don't call whites European - American? They weren't the first in America so what gives them the right to have privileges that everyone else doesn't have?
Wesley Pollard
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MLK Expository Essay
Mr. Williams
I Have a Dream; this was the famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr. that made history and changed lives everywhere. Martin Luther King Jr. stood for freedom, not just for African-Americans, but for everyone; he truly believed in equality. When people read his speech, everyone takes a different message from it.
His speech stood for freedom. Unlike other Civil Rights leaders, he fought for the freedom of everyone no matter their race, shape, color or size. To me his speech stood for hope. It was a great thing to see someone stand up for the rights of others; people who couldn’t stand up for themselves. When someone can fight for the rights of everyone and not just think of themselves and their own people, then you know you have someone who is a leader and can get his words to touch the hearts of everyone, and that what Martin Luther King was and that is what his speech meant to me; hope and freedom.
There are other people in the world that have the same ambition and drive as him. One person that I can connect him to is Sunny Schwartz. She has a book called Dreams from the Monster Factory. In the book she talks about how the jail system in San Francisco is horrid and isn’t doing what they are supposed to. She realized that jails are supposed to help the prisoners rehabilitate so they can live a normal life when they get out. Many people wonder why she fought for the rights of the prisoners, but she realized that everyone should have rights regardless of whether they are in jail or not. That’s why I can make the connection with her and Martin Luther King Jr. because they both fought for the rights of others.
As a young African-American male in these times, the work of Martin Luther King Jr. is very important to me. The I Have a Dream speech is what made me an equal; broke down the barriers that were set by my oppressor. If it weren’t for the speech he delivered on August 28, 1963, I wouldn’t be able to do the things I am doing today. Even though times have changed, I still think Martin Luther King would be proud to see that we are still treated fairly.
“With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
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