On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The most famous part of the speech includes these words:
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
In this part of the speech, he hopes that the future generations to come will not misjudge each other based on skin color.
Dr. King also quoted the Declaration of Independence. He said, ...this note was a promise that all men, yes, black men and white men would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness... He also quoted the songs My Country Tis of Thee, and Handel's Messiah.
Dr. King effectively used repetition, such as the line "I have a dream today," familiar quotes, imagery, and metaphor to explain what was happening to African Americans, and what he dreamed might happened in the future.
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