sed many pieces to express their opinion about it. Several versions of the American Dream were imagined all of which included freedom and equality.The Declaration of Independence is an excellent example of the pains endured by the American people in their quest for parity. This document, along with several other legislations (Amendments 13-15, 19, and 26), and proclamations made by this government including, the Constitution , the Emancipation Proclamation, and numerous other judgments made by courts on behalf of equality.The relentless pursuit of equality by the Americans is written about by more than one man. Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” sermon is a very poignant speech. In it is the perspective of one culture’s ongoing effort to achieve equality here in this nation.During the time of this sermon, African-Americans were openly and widely being segregated from Whites, legally in the south, and in a secondary way in northern and western states. Even though this time was after the ruling against segregation, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka of 1954.Dr. King’s vision for his people was one he shared with those who had written the Declaration of Independence so many years ago. A vision that included the equal treatment of his oppressed people. In fact, he even makes reference to the Declaration of Independence in his sermon, “...and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir....” Though it was not mentioned in the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence, the reference to “all men (Jefferson 428)” didn’t verily refer to all men only to free men.Dr. King’s techniques exercised through boycotts, sit ins, and marches, helped to usher in a greater age for African Americans in the United States. Rid of the segregation to which many had become accustomed. Also, as in the time of th...
