"I Have a Dream"

If segregation had ended, as it should have been, in 1954 when the case of Brown versus the Board of Education took place, Dr. King might have stayed satisfied with his career as a reverend. Unfortunately, being the social diplomat he was, Dr. King was caught up in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement and i believe that was what inspired him to give this highly memorable speech.
Dr. King's speech not only tells of the horrors he lived in a segregated community, mainly because he didn't suffer many, but he also tells of everything that is happening around him. His audience was not only poor people (although they mostly were) but educated men with money also and you can tells by the way he phrases some of his factual statements. He believed that everybody could get along one way or another and was so inspired to express that message that his words went of the page. By the middle of the speech he was looking down less frequently indicating that he had a) memorized the entire second half of the speech or b) began pulling words out of the air as he went along. of course the answer was b. Why? the tone of his strong and defiant voice said it all. his being a former reverend had helped him out a lot and taught him a lot about public speaking.
If the segregation law had been truly passed and made illegal that year in 1954, the makings of a great man such as Martin Luther King Jr. would have been wasted.