Dr. Martin Luther King's Dream

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech,entitled “I Have a Dream”,contains a multitude of examples of repetition. A excellent example is shown in the last few paragraphs of his remarkable speech as he repeats the words “free at last!”.But are they really free? Even after this speech, racism and segregation are still huge problems in today’s society,52 years later. Dr. King’s speech showed in vivid detail his race’s struggle with segregation.However,it also shines light on controversial topics, such as police brutality (paragraph 9), which we still have problems with even in modern times. On August 9, 2014, crowds gathered in Ferguson, Missouri in outrage over the tragic death of Michael Brown, who was shot by a police officer. Even a half-century
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