Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech on August 28, 1963 to a crowd at Washington D.C. He dreamed that someday children of all skin colors would play together. That the sons of slaves and the sons of slave owners would be able to sit together and talk. That all places would have freedom and justice. That people would not be judge by their skin color, but by their personality. He wanted justice and peace. For equality. But, after all these years, have we made these changes, or have we stayed the way we were before?
We have only fulfilled one of his dreams, and a few people are still not willing to do the rest. For his first dream, he wanted the sons of slaves and their owners to sit down and chat. But, they have probably passed away by now, and I don’t think that they have ever sat down to talk before. Also, most countries have banned slavery, but there are 10 countries that still allow it. In his second dream, he said that he wanted children of all colors to go hand in and and treat each other like brothers and sisters. I believe that this is the only dream that we have fulfilled. Children, regardless of their skin color, are allowed in school and play together. Children with different skin colors still treat each other the same. His last dream was that all nations would be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I would say that not all places have freedom and justice. Some people still judge others by their skin color and a few places still force people to labor. I don’t think Martin Luther King Jr. would be happy with this generation, but baby steps are still movement, we will get there someday, even if it takes a million years.