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"...And when this happens, when we allow freedom 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!?"
Although segregation was declared unconstitutional in 1968 I think that most people would agree that Dr. King's dream was not fully realized at that time. Today I saw a commercial on BET (I was watching The Color Purple) that was an animation of Dr. King picking up a little girl and them watching President Obama taking the oath of office. At the end of this commercial it said that Dr. King's dream was realized.
Now don't get me wrong here. I believe the end of segregation was one of the biggest steps to reaching Dr. King's dream. I also believe that a black man becoming the President of The United States of America (aka the most powerful man in the world) has a significant role, but I do not believe the dream is realized. Not "all of God's children" are free. Just as Dr. King would not stand for the oppression and hatred that his own people faced I do not believe he would stand for it against those of other races here in the United States or elsewhere. The mere election of a black president is not a panacea for world peace and freedom for all, but I am not sure any other man could inspire the world as this man.
