August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King delivered a profound message on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He had a dream, a dream that one day blacks would not be looked upon as Negros or coloreds, but as Americans. King was on a mission, a mission for social, political, and economic equality. Despite the long way the blacks had already come, King was still not yet satisfied, and he would never be as long as "the Negro …showed first 75 words of 226 total…

…showed last 75 words of 226 total…where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. King wasn't looking to be treated better, just as a equal. He hoped that one day "black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sign in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I'm free at last."