[Video|Link] Martin Luther's "I Have A Dream"

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech can be considered one of the greatest speeches in American history. Over 200,000 white and black Americans gathered in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963 to hear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. deliver this groundbreaking speech.

King argues that all men are equal and should be treated equal. Many times in his speech, King states how black citizens have been mistreated over the years. In the beginning of his speech King states "One hundred year later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination."  King also states numerous times his dream for equality in the country. He says "I have a dream 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."

In Memory - Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was born in Joplin, Missouri. He was the second child of school teacher Carrie (Caroline) Mercer Langston and James Nathaniel Hughes (1871–1934). Langston Hughes grew up in a series of Midwestern small towns. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form of jazz poetry. Hughes is best known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance but his poems also include about common human experiences. His works are influenced greatly the poetry of Walt Whitman and Carl Sandburg.