On August 28,1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) gave a historic speech in Washington, D.C. He had a dream. He saw the world in a different light. Almost a quarter of a million people shared in that dream. He saw a world where your color didn't matter. If you were black or white, Chinese or Mexican, it didn't matter. You should not be judged on color alone. He believed that you should be judged "...by the content of [your] character." If people are judged by the color of their skin, then they will always be at a disadvantage. The race that makes up the majority will remain in control. Even though Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, can anyone be free when facing discrimination? I don't think so. After forty-one years, has anything changed? Has his dream finally come true? While it is a simple question, I believe it has a complex answer.
             Forty-one years ago, segregation and discrimination was a heavy dark cloud that was fixed over blacks. It kept the light of freedom and justice from shining through. Even thought blacks were free, they were denied most of the things that made them truly free. However, on that day in August, Democracy spoke with a mighty voice.
             Segregation and Discrimination were the issues that MLK fought against. Segregation was an effort to keep the blacks separated from the whites. The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as "The policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups, as in schools, housing, and public or commercial facilities, especially as a form of discrimination." During the 1950's, segregation was such a large part of American life that separate bathrooms and water fountains were built for blacks. Certain seats in restaurants and on buses were for blacks. A famous example of this is Rosa Parks, who refused to give her seat up to a white man because the rest of the s
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