Has Anything Changed? In his world-renowned speech, “I Have A Dream,” Martin Luther King Jr. describes his reflection of present-day America and his hopes of the future by dramatizing the disgraceful situation in which America is consumed. In 1963, when this speech was being given to the 200, 000 demonstrators that crowded Washington, D.C., racism was very high, despite the Emancipation Proclamation that had been signed one hundred years earlier. His essay was a major milestone in …showed first 75 words of 868 total…

…showed last 75 words of 868 total…fight for freedom. In his speech, “I Have a Dream,” Martin Luther King Jr. proposes a difficult task to African Americans across the nation by presenting stunning imagery and comparing and contrasting problems in society. King encourages African Americans to fight for equal rights until they are “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!’”