[hihohiho]

please can you tell me what matin luther king fought for? what inspired mlk? how martin luther king campagned? what was martin luther kings acheivemtns? what were special incidents related to martin luther ? what can we learn from martin luther king? also what did his 'i have a dream spech' mean and which sections realte to that thank u 4 trin 2 elp luv hihohiho

[Mrs Faithorn]

I am sorry, but you are asking us to "do your work for you". If you read the Forum Rules (see here) you will see that we will offer help, but not do it for you.

There are lots of good websites about Martin Luther King on the 'Net.

This is a good basic page of info. about Martin Luther King - with hyperlinks to related information.

This site is also worth exploring

.. and you can easily find more for yourself by typing "Martin Luther King" (in inverted commas) into a good search engine such as Google.

Good Luck with your research.

This post has been edited by Mrs Faithorn: 08 July 2004 - 12:44 AM

[hihohiho]

can i ask you what his speech means then please thx

[Mrs Faithorn]

You can read the whole of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream speech' here on the bbc website. You can listen to the speech too if you click on the audio button where it say 'Listen to the speech'. It is still a wonderful bit of oratory and well-worth hearing it.

It's very long though so I have copied the most famous part here:

Quote

The dream

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.

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.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.

With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day, this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning: "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring." And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California.
But not only that.
Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

When the speech was made in 1963, African-Americans had few Civil Rights and were discriminated against in all sorts of ways (education, housing, jobs etc etc) in the States.

M L King's "dream" was that one day black Americans would have true equality and freedom in all parts of the USA.

Although there are a great many words that is what the basic message of the speech is.

I hope that helps, but really if you understood what life was like for African-Americans in the USA and what the Civil Rights Movement led by Martin Luther King was fighting for at that time, then I think the meaning of this speech would be pretty clear.

[hihohiho]

thank you for all the time u put into this forum and all the help you have given me i cannot thank you enough for everytihng you have done to help me!