I Have A Dream - Martin Luther King, Jr.

This blog was suppose to be post by Harizwan but he has other business to attend and don’t have the time to do this week’s blog, so I will be writing this week's blog.

“I Have A Dream” is one of the best speeches that were ever given in US history. This speech was given by Martin Luther king Jr. This is my topic this week. This speech was about racial equality and an end to discrimination. The speech was delivered on 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

Martin Luther king Jr. was born January 15, 1929 at Atlanta, Georgia. He is the son of the reverend Martin Luther king, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. His originally name Michael King, Jr. but it was soon changed after their visit to Germany. The name 'Michael' changed to 'Martin' in honor of the German protestant leader Martin Luther. His childhood memories was mostly in altanta, where he attended Booker T. Washington High School. then he entered Morehouse College at the age of fifteen. He graduated with a Bachelor of Art degree in sociology, and enrolled in Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester Pennsylvania, graduated with Bachelor of Divinity degree. He then began doctoral studies in systematic theology at boston university and received his Doctor of Philosophy.

He was the leader in the African-American Civil Right Movement and the Peace Movement. His legacy was to secure progress on the civil right in US and he is referenced as a human right icon today. King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel peace Prize for his work to end Racial Segregation an racial Discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. He did his best in ending the racial discrimination in the US. March on Washington was one of the best evidence of non-violent demonstration. There he made his ‘ I Have a Dream ‘ speech which gave the people spirit to fight for their right.

The March made specific demand:

• End to racial segregation in public school.
• Meaningful civil right legislation.
  o law prohibiting racial discrimination in employment.
• Protection of civil right workers from police brutality.
• $2 minimum wage for all workers.
• Self-government for Washington, D.C.

His major organization was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He was also rewarded with the Presidental Medal of Freedom (1977) and recently received the Congressional Gold Medal (2004).
Martin Luther King was Assassinate at the Lorraine Motel , April 4, 1968 .