m America. Technology was key in changing public opinion when this violence came into the living rooms of neutral Americans. Black unity grew and white support continues to grow. The dramatic turning point according to this theory was Martin L. Kings march on the capital and his famous speech I have a Dream.This event was the largest public protest against discrimination and the inspiration for better Civil Rights. There were open and silent threats against King and his supporters. But the desire to become first class citizens. And to be treated equal outweighed self-preservation. Kings speech embodied this fight for Civil Rights. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed, We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day in the red hills of Georgia, 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 my four 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. When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of Gods children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the Old Negro Spiritual: Free at Last. Free at Last. Thank God almighty, we are free at Last. (Kings speech 1963)This speech and the untimely death of John F. Kennedy were turning points. Which enabled successor Lyndon B. Johnson (Vice-President) to get the Civil Rights Act passed in 1964? Title four of this act is one example of success in America. Title VII banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, or national origin by employers and unions. (America pathways to the Pre...
