Martin Luther King Jr I Have A Dream Analysis

Martin Luther King Jr., the man who gave the famous speech called “I Have a Dream”, has had childhood experiences that led up to him wanting to end segregation forever. Three experiences through the childhood of Martin Luther that shaped his beliefs and actions as an adult were two sons of a white neighborhood storekeeper stopped playing with him, when his mom told him that he was just as good as everyone else, and on his way home from a statewide competition for school. Whether the causes were good or bad, the effects were worth it because they changed segregation forever. First, two sons of a white neighborhood storekeeper stopped playing with him because of segregation. Martin Luther most likely felt like the situation was very unfair because the three boys were all equal, and they don’t deserve to not be allowed to play with one another. In paragraph four, the author states, “He learned about racial discrimination at age six, when the two sons of a white neighborhood storekeeper stopped playing with him.” Just because the boys were different colors, that didn’t mean that they deserved to be separated because they all of the boys are equal, no matter what their color is. When he was older, this childhood experience let him to believe that people should not be split apart because of their

When Martin Luther’s mother explained why the white sons wouldn’t play with him anymore, she brought up segregation and a quote that he remembered all throughout his life. The quote was, from the text, “‘you are as good as anyone.’” The full sentence from the text is, “M.L.’s mother explained segregation to him, but told him to remember that ‘you are as good as anyone.’” If you are black or white, everyone is human, so everyone is equally as good. Because Martin’s mother told him this, when he was older, he made the statement and belief that all of mankind are equal, and we should not turn on each