Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream"

Today I watched Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech. Dr. King started off his speech with "5 score years ago" an allusion to the Gettysburg Address given by Abraham Lincoln. (This speech was given in Washington D.C.  In front of the Lincoln memorial which helped aid this speech and get the message out). Then he begins to talk about the history of African Americans, and all the years of slavery that they faced.  It then goes into that present time and explains the hardships that African Americans were experiencing then and there. "America has given the negro a bad check with insufficient funds", which in turn means that black people were being denied human rights that they are promised. He keeps repeating the words "we cannot be satisfied" to get a clear message across that African Americans all over should not give up and not take anything less than they deserve. He goes on naming all the problems that black people were facing, segregation, denied rights, etc. "We cannot be satisfied when a negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a negro in New York has nothing of which to vote". Lastly he begins to talk about the future and what they should expect and fight for, as he repeats the phrase "I have a dream". He talks about the future and what he hopes for as he says "I have a dream that one day my children will love not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character". He hopes that he can end segregation so that white, and black people, can live together peacefully... One thing that must be noticed is the way he formatted his speech. Each topic flowed into the next one from the past to the present to what he wants the future to look like. Dr. King read most of this speech in a loud, confident but monotonous tone, and changed that tone when touching on key points or lines which I have quoted. "This will be the day that all of gods children can sing together.........let freedom reign".