The Importance Of Freedom In The United States

Freedom is a very sacred privilege, which in some countries is a right that a lot of people take for granted, while in many other countries there is no freedom and the people are ruled by a dictator. Freedom is what people desire for and it is one of the main reasons that many people yearn to come to America, it is a subject in which you must demand and fight for, freedom is never just handed out, you must fight many cases of countries that have freedom rights got them from revolutionary and civil wars.
One of the more recent cases of people demanding freedom was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the african american population. They demanded that they were to be treated as equals and not segregated. One of the milestones of this movement was

the speech “I have a dream” delivered by Dr. King. In this speech he says, “ But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free…”(King). He is referring to the Emancipation Proclamation which was passed by President Lincoln this document said “all slaves in states still at war with the Union were free.” But still even with this document one hundred years later the African American people were still discriminated and segregated. This case of people demanding freedom is a prime example of how you must fight for freedom it will not just be handed out.
“The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln is a dedication to a plot of sacred land for soldiers who gave their life in the civil war. In this speech the president says “that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-and that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom”(Lincoln). In this case of a battle for rights of freedom there is a civil war going on between the northern part of the country and the southern part of the country. Over the south not giving certain rights to people that they are guaranteed to have.
Some people may say that there is no need to fight for freedom that it will be given to you. But this is wrong we can look at “ Baseball's Jose Fernandez…” He was a cuban citizen under the rule of a dictator Fidel Castro, according to Craig Davis the author of the article, Jose Fernandez “made four attempts to defect from Cuba before successfully reaching the United States.” This means that Jose wanted to leave so bad he put his life at risk not one, not two, but four times to try and escape. He wanted to get to America so he could have freedoms. Jose Fernandez became a citizen “in April 2015 when he attained his U.S. citizenship”(Davis). He made the most of the opportunities he was given while having the freedom the he fought for.
Freedom is something all people desire, freedom is what creates unique and original ideas and people, without freedom there would be no happiness or enjoyment in the world. That is why people must stand up and fight for freedom so they can get the rights that they rightfully deserve.