Discurso i have a dream de martin luther king

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It is a profoundly optimistic and hopeful speech that proposes the ideal of a society based on the values of equality and fraternity, with full recognition of the civil rights and individual liberties of the African-American community.

He reminds his followers of the need to continue advancing in his purpose until justice is done, despite the difficulties, the situation of generalized injustice and the tense scenarios that were experienced in the country due to racism.

Luther King refers to the historical debt of the American State with the African-American community, contracted since the Declaration of Independence, which affirmed that all men were equal, and the promises of freedom of the Emancipation Declaration, and which was still in force in 1963. So it demands the rights to liberty, life and happiness to which black men were as deserving as white men. However, that issue remained unresolved in relation to colored citizens.

i have a dream” speech text for students

There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is guaranteed his rights as a citizen. The whirlpools of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the splendorous day of justice emerges. But there is one thing I must say to my people, waiting on the warm threshold leading to the palace of justice: in the process of winning our rightful place we shall not be guilty of wrongdoing. Let us not quench our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must always conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of resisting physical force with the strength of the soul. This wonderful new militancy that has embraced the black community must not lead to distrust of whites, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have realized that their destiny is tied to ours. They have realized that their freedom is inextricably tied to our freedom. We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make a promise to ourselves to always march forward. We cannot turn back.

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The Washington demonstration brought together more than 250,000 people and marked a turning point in U.S. history. Shortly after the March, laws against racial segregation were passed and African Americans were granted the right to vote.

To this day it is clear that America has not kept its promise to citizens of color. America has given blacks a fraudulent check, a check returned with the words “bounced.” But we do not believe that the bank of justice is broke. We don’t believe that there are no funds available in the opportunity-filled coffers of this great nation.”

It is time to make good on the promises of democracy. It is time to move out of the dark and desolate valley of segregation and onto the sunny path of racial justice. It is time to move our country from the shifting sands of injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.”

tengo el sueño de que un día mis cuatro pequeños

“Tengo un sueño” es un discurso público que pronunció el activista de los derechos civiles y ministro baptista estadounidense,[2] Martin Luther King Jr. durante la Marcha en Washington por el Empleo y la Libertad el 28 de agosto de 1963. En el discurso, King pedía derechos civiles y económicos y el fin del racismo en Estados Unidos. Pronunciado ante más de 250.000 partidarios de los derechos civiles desde las escaleras del Lincoln Memorial en Washington, D.C., el discurso fue un momento decisivo del movimiento de los derechos civiles y uno de los discursos más emblemáticos de la historia de Estados Unidos[3][4].

Comenzando con una referencia a la Proclamación de Emancipación, que declaró libres a millones de esclavos en 1863,[5] King dijo “cien años después, el negro todavía no es libre”[6] Hacia el final del discurso, King se apartó de su texto preparado para una perorata parcialmente improvisada sobre el tema “Tengo un sueño”, impulsada por el grito de Mahalia Jackson: “¡Cuéntales el sueño, Martin!”[7] En esta parte del discurso, que fue la que más emocionó a los oyentes y que ahora se ha convertido en la más famosa, King describió sus sueños de libertad e igualdad surgidos de una tierra de esclavitud y odio[8] Jon Meacham escribe que “con una sola frase, Martin Luther King Jr. se unió a Jefferson y Lincoln en las filas de los hombres que han dado forma a la América moderna”[9] El discurso fue clasificado como el mejor discurso estadounidense del siglo XX en una encuesta realizada en 1999 entre los estudiosos de la oratoria[10] El discurso también ha sido descrito como teniendo “una fuerte pretensión de ser el más grande de la lengua inglesa de todos los tiempos”[11].