MLK's "I have a dream speech"

In August of 1963 the March on Washington changed civil rights history for the 20th century. The most remembered  of the day being Martin Luther King Jr's I have a dream speech. Which has also gone down as one of the most influential speeches in American History, up there with the Gettysburg address. That is where King starts his speech about how slaves became free, but not totally free. No longer was there such a thing as a slave, however African Americans were still under the thumb of racism. It had still plagued the country over a hundred years after the civil was, rights for all were still not completely even. One demand of MLK was that he wanted equality, but he wanted right then. That was not a huge demand considering that the African American community had waited a hundred years for equality. Another major message that MLK conveys in his speech is his belief for non violent acts, that fighting would only continue the circle of hatred. But also when equal rights were gained that there could be no grudges on one another. In the end the point of the movement would be for African Americans, and whites to have equal rights, and opportunities. In the end Martin Luther King Jr. was someone that everyone of every race could, and still do look up to.