Fulfilling Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist who battled against racism and discrimination and also fought and protested for equal rights for African Americans, all of which were done in a nonviolent fashion based on Christian principles. In the summer of 1963, August 28, Dr. King’s finest hour would come. There, he delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech to call for the end of racism in America. Now, decades later, many people have followed in his footsteps to further the rights of blacks and the conditions of African Americans have increased dramatically, their lives almost indistinguishable from their lives back then. However, those people are not enough. Despite some individuals and people believing that Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of equality has been achieved, it is evident that Dr. King’s dream has still not been fulfilled due to the …show more content…
It’s more deeply ingrained, and harder to call out – and therefore, in my view, even more dangerous” (Hirsch 1). This evidence points to some of the harder notice and hidden parts of racism that society has become so used to, that it actually becomes accepted without people noticing it. It also contradicts MLK’s goal of completely stamping out racism, or letting “freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city” (King 1). In the end, Dr. King’s dream has still not been achieved, with prejudice rampant in our lives; it just has to be