Реферат: Martin Luther KingS I Have A Dream

treated with equality and fairness and this became the basis for the Civil Rights Movement of

which King was the leader of. This fairness is one value that allowed King?s followers to have so

much respect for him. They felt this way about him because they had never before been treated

with such fairness, they had never had anything to equal this in their whole lifetime. It is obvious

that King?s character was strongly influenced by his caring and compassion for all human beings,

regardless of skin color. King?s ability to show how he cared for his fellow man was evident in the

way he was able to get deeply into the hearts of people through his famous speeches. King?s fight

for justice was perhaps the most significant values that made him one of the most influential

leaders of all time.

King believed that one day justice will prevail for blacks as is seen in most famous speech

of all time, the speech, ? I Have a Dream?: ?I have a dream that one day even the state of

Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be

transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.? King wanted to see justice prevail and he and

many of his follower felt that it did in the signing of the 1964 and 1968 Civil Rights Act. Blacks

now had many rights that they were previously refused, they now had the right to vote, access

public accommodations, and racial discrimination was prohibited in the sale or rental of housing.

With this King was one step closer to seeing that this nation can live up to the creed, ?all men are

created equal?. King believed in his fight for justice so strongly that he described himself as

follows. Non-violence is a very important moral value that shapes the character of any great

leader. This is by far one of the strongest attributes which enabled him to reach his highest point

of leadership excellence. King was an advocate of non-violent means of achieving civil rights

reform. He had a very clear and concise idea of what he wanted to achieve and how to achieve it.

King was very much aware of the power of non-violent tactics in an attempt for social changes.

He voiced his beliefs of non-violent resistance in his ?I have a dream?, speech which has become,

for good reason, one of the worlds most memorable speeches of our time. He said: The true

meaning of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience, but how he

stands at times of controversy and challenge.