Breaking The Barrier of Racism

I have a dream

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

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.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."

From 'I Have A Dream' by Martin Luther King Jr.

Racism had been, and still is, one of the major problems the world is facing. There have had been numerous attempts by individuals or big and small societies to stop this. One of the most famous attempts was made in August 1963 where the man of renown, Martin Luther King Jr. presented to the people his famous speech; ‘I have a dream.’ Before this speech was made, black people weren’t given the freedom to live as they willed and had to go through poverty, slavery, and cruelty from the white people. They weren’t allowed to sit with white people on a bus, they weren’t able to drink from the same water fountains as white people, nor were they allowed to use the same bathroom as them. But after King’s big step towards the ‘anti-racial discriminating’ world, many individuals were taught that racism, and the limited freedom given to the black people, was indeed, one of the things that kept us from peace. And 4 years after he was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize, Martin Luther King was assassinated at the motel he was staying in. The man who made the anti-racial declaration was now gone forever, but his speeches and his effort to make this world a better place for everyone, has been passed down for decades and will last for eternity.