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.Whataccordingto Martin

LutherKing is theurgency ofthemomentthat needs

to beaddressed?

Martin LutherKing Jr.expresses hisanguish thatblacks are notequallytreated. Hedeliveredthoughtinvoking,inspiriting

speech onAugust 28,1963. Wherehe expresses,what is thepresent

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urgent needfor the blacksand thehopes of thespeaker fromthegovernment.

A great man(AbrahamLincoln) hadproclaimedthat blacksare free andcan join intothe American

Army. Thisofficial orderbrought alight of hopeto millions ofNegro slaveswho hadbeensuffering inthe flames ofwithering

injustice. Itcame as ajoyousdaybreak toend the longnight of

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captivity.

But onehundredyears later,the Negro stillis not free.They are stilloppressed,segregated inthe corners of

Americansociety. Onehundredyears later,the Negrolives on thelonely islandof poverty inthe midst of avast ocean ofmaterialprosperity.So, he isexpressingtheir painfulracial

discrimination.

Martin LutherKing says thatthey have

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come to theirnationscapital tocash a check.When thearchitects ofour republicswrote themagnificentwords of theConstitutionanddeclaration ofIndependence, they weresigning apromissorynote to whichevery

American wasto fall heir.This note wasa promisethat all menwould beguaranteedthe

inalienablerights of life,liberty, andthe pursuit ofhappiness.

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It is clearlyfelt today that

America hasneglected orfailed toimplementthispromissorynote in caseof citizens ofcolour areconcerned.No justice issharedequally. Sothey deny thissense ofinjusticeunanimously.

And theyhave comeback toremind anddemand theriches offreedom andthe security

of justice.

Martin LutherKing hopesthat thepresent need

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is to retainour freedomwhich waspromised longago.

2.HowMartinLutherKing

narratesthat bothwhite andblackpeoplefreedom istied up?

It is the timeto awakenand open thedoors ofopportunity toall of Gods

children, andto break theshackles ofracialinjustice tothe solid rock

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ofbrotherhood.Nineteensixty-three isnot an end,but abeginning. Ifthe nation ispaying deafear it wouldbeexperiencinga rudeawakening.There will beneither restnor tranquilityin Americauntil theNegro isgranted hiscitizenshiprights. Thisrevolutionwouldcontinue toshake the

foundationsof our nationuntil thebright day of

justiceemerges.

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Martin LutherKing wasinstillinghopes,chances,foresight,vision for hispeople. Hesays that theymust not beguilty ofwrongfuldeeds. Wemust foreverconduct ourstruggle onthe highplane ofdignity anddiscipline.Physicalviolenceprotest not tobe givenroad.Everything

has to bedealt in handin hand withwhitebrothers.Their destiny

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is tied up withour destinyand theirfreedom isinseparablybound to ourfreedom. Wecannot walkalone.

Martin LutherKing askedthe Negroesalways tomarch aheadand neverturn back.They shouldnot besatisfied untilthey couldenter motelsand hotels,and movefrom smallerhomes tolarger homes

like others.They wouldnot besatisfiedunless theywere allowed

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to vote for abetter futureand getinjustice andrighteoustreatment.

Finally, MartinLuther Kinggave a clarioncall to theNegroes tocome out oftheir despairand continueto work withthe faith thatselflesssufferingwould resultinredemption.

3.Give anelaborateaccount of

MartinLutherKingsdream.

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During thehistoricdemonstration of theunprivilegedNegroes of

America,Martin LutherKingannouncedthat he had adream withinthelarger

Americandream. Thedream wasfor a betterdestiny forthe Negroesof America.

The dreamthat one daythis nationwill rise upand live outthe true

meaning ofits creed: Wehold thesetruths to theself-evident:that all men

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are createdequal. Oneday on thered hills ofGeorgia thesons offormer slavesand the sonsof formerslave-ownerswill be able tosit downtogether at atable ofbrotherhood.One day eventhe state ofMississippi, astateswelteringwith the heatof injusticeandoppression,will betransformedinto an oasis

of freedomand justice.

The dreamthat my fourchildren will

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one day livein a nationwhere theywill not be

judged by thecolour of theirskin but bythe content oftheircharacter.Where all thelittle whiteboys andwhite girlswalk togetheras sisters andbrothers. Oneday everyvalley shall beexalted, everyhill andmountainshall be madelow, therough placeswill be madeplain, and the

crookedplaces will bemadestraight, theglory of thelord shall be

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revealed, andall the fleshshall see ittogether.

This is ourhope. This isthe faith withwhich I returnto the South.With ourhope wedestroy themountain ofhopelessness.With ourhope we buildup relation ofbrotherhoodand worktogether, topraytogether, tostruggletogether, togo to jailtogether, to

stand up forfreedomtogether,they knewthat theywould be free

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one day. Onthat day allthe childrenof God wouldsing a song offreedom.There wouldbe nodifferencethen betweenblack menand whitemen, Jewsand Gentiles,Protestantsand Catholics.This meantthat all menwere free atlast.

This was thefond dream ofMartin LutherKing.

4.What isthebackground of thespeech?

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Martin LutherKing Jr.(January 15,1929 April4, 1968) wasan AmericanClergyman,

Activist andprominentleader in the

African American civilrightsmovement.His mainlegacy was tosecureprogress oncivil rights inthe UnitedStates, he hasbecome ahuman rightsicon. Kingsefforts led tothe 1963

March onWashington,where hedelivered his

I Have aDream

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speech. Hisspeech on

August 28,1963, fromthe steps ofthe Lincolnmemorialduring themarch onWashingtonfor jobs andfreedom, wasa definingmovement ofthe Americancivil RightsMovement.There, heraised publicconsciousnessof the civilrightsmovementandestablishedhimself asone of the

greatestorators in UShistory.

5.Who isthe Great

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Americanthat MartinLuther is

referring toin thebeginningof hisspeech?

AbrahamLincoln is the

GreatAmericanthat MartinLuther King isreferring to.

6.What thesymbolicmeaning ofthe wordslikecheck,

promissory note,etc, in thespeech.

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Martin LutherKing in hisspeech hesaid thatConstitutionhas given

check herethey havecome to cashit to reap thefruits offreedom. Andhe used

promissorynote thoughthe nationhas promisedto give libertybut it failed.This note wasa promisethat all menwould beguaranteedtheinalienablerights of life,

liberty, andthe pursuit ofhappiness.

7.Explain

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themeaning ofthe poetic

lines Mycountry,.Letfreedomring.

The essenceof these linesare letfreedom bespread all thecorners andeverymountainside,

snow-cappedRockies ofColorado,curvaceouspeaks ofCalifornia,Stonemountain of

Georgia,Mountain ofTennessee,every hill andmolehill ofMississippi,

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everymountainsideand all thecorners of thenation for thismost of thepeoplesacrificedtheir lives.

8.What

was thediscrimination metedout to theblacks,accordingto thespeaker?

A great man(AbrahamLincoln) hadproclaimedthat blacks

are free andcan join intothe American

Army. Thisofficial orderbrought a

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the midst of avast ocean ofmaterialprosperity.So, he isexpressingtheir painfulracialdiscrimination.

Martin LutherKing says thatthey havecome to theirnationscapital tocash a check.When thearchitects ofour republicswrote themagnificentwords of theConstitutionanddeclaration of

Independence, they weresigning apromissorynote to whichevery

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