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THERNSTROM, S. (2013). The Status of The Dream. //National Review//, //65// (17), 28

This article talks about how the races interact with each other before the speech and after the speech. It told of the polls and used it to show how different the norms are becoming. Every means of social interaction it went over. Like friends how a lot of more white people have black friends and how black people have a lot of white friends, not friends but they also had close friends that they trust that were a different race. Almost all of races are ok with interracial dating. Way more then before his speech. They ask people of dating age (18- 29) if they would date someone from a different race 97% said yes. Interracial marriages have gone way up since too. From never happening to more common. Sure races tend to hang around the people of the same race, but not from segregation from choice. Without Martin Luther King Jr. speech a lot of the racial boundaries wouldn't have been broken down.

" In 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of a future America in which it would no longer be taboo for people of different races to sit down “together at the table of brotherhood.” We don’t know precisely how common interracial dining was in 1963, but the figure was surely close to zero in the South and very low elsewhere. Today, 63 percent of blacks report having enter- tained whites in their home for dinner. The corresponding fig- ure for whites is 48 percent. What was unthinkable in the southern states half a century ago, and relatively uncommon even in the North, is now perfectly commonplace." "But attitudes about interracial marriage have  changed just as dramatically as those about interracial dating.  When the first question about this matter was included in a poll  in 1958, just 4 percent of the public approved. A decade later, a  small majority of blacks (56 percent) but barely a sixth of  whites had come to find it acceptable. By 2011, 84 percent of whites and 96 percent of blacks approved" "  The earliest available direct evidence about the relationship <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 533.003px; top: 1014.98px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.779562,1);"> between friendship patterns and race is from a survey taken in <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 533.003px; top: 1035.09px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.806379,1);"> 1964, the year that the first of the two great Civil rights Acts <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 533.003px; top: 1055.2px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.772535,1);"> dealt a fatal blow to legally mandated segregation. At that time, <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 533.003px; top: 1075.31px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.778247,1);"> a mere 18 percent of whites reported having any black friends. <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 533.003px; top: 1095.43px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.808089,1);"> By now, 95 percent of whites tell the pollsters that they have <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 533.003px; top: 1115.54px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.804967,1);"> black “close friends,” and 91 percent of blacks say they have close friends who are white."

== [| https://tavaana.org/en/content/martin-luther-king-jr-fighting-equal-rights-america-0]== ==== This website mentions Martin luther king jr's civil rights it helped passed the Civil Rights Act of ====

<span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);">__"__ King's speech was met with great applause and admiration from the march's attendees, as well as from Americans throughout the country. The success of this speech and the march as a whole led to the passage of significant civil rights legislation; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the National Voting Rights Act of 1965 legally ended segregation throughout the country."

DuBois, J. (2013). Free at Last. //Newsweek Global//, //161//(30), 1.

He tells how we will reach the dream in Martin Luther King's speech if we just stop talking like it will happen in the future.

"Four decades ago, the life expectancy for African-Americans was 66 years old. Today, it is 72. For whites, the number is 77. We don't have many hills left to climb -- we have to close the gap by five years of life, when we've already done six. Difficult, but possible."

"For example, in the early 1970s, following the major accomplishments of the civil-rights movement, 28 percent of black men dropped out of high school. Today that number is around 14 percent. For whites, it's 12 percent. So we don't have "so much further to go" -- we have 2 percent to go. Tough, but doable." <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);"> <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);"> <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);">

<span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);"> = = [] = = ====<span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);">This shows how the speech created three long lasting political effects in America. ==== <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);"> <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);">"First, black political participation increased dramatically 1965 less than 7% of eligible black Mississippians, roughly 19% of eligible black Alabamans and around 32% of eligible black Louisianans were registered to vote. Congress had five black members, all representatives from northern and western cities. In 2012 the share of registered black voters in Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina exceeded that of non-Hispanic whites, and trailed it by only a little in most other southern states " <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);"> <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);">"Second, civil-rights legislation realigned America’s political parties." <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);"> <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);">"Third, civil-rights legislation dramatically boosted the federal government’s power to enforce the 14th and 15th amendments, which promise all citizens, regardless of race, the right to vote and “equal protection of the laws”. <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);"> <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);">

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This shows that people still look up to Martin Luther King Jr. and his speech.

"Mentors are persons that you can learn from, and ask advice of when needed. I obviously cannot ask Martin Luther King, Jr. for advice, but I reflect on his message often."

40 YEARS LATER... Have We Overcome Yet? By Coretta Scott King. (2003). //Ebony//, //58//(10), 164.

This talks about how many Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech help made many lifes better but there still work need to be done.

"The significance of the massive turnout at the Great March on Washington and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech on that day was that it helped to insure the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. About 50 members of congress present at the Mall as observers left inspired to provide the leadership needed to recruit the support of their colleagues. President Kennedy watched from the White House and the March leadership met with him afterwards in an effort to solidify the nation's support of the Civil Rights Bill."

"The "I Have A Dream" speech is now considered one of the most influential and widely quoted speeches of the 20th century. It remains to this very day the most vivid and eloquent description of the American Dream we have, and its influence is still being felt in the 21st century."

"We have not overcome yet. It is true that we have made great progress in many areas. Many more African-Americans and other minorities now live in middle-class comfort. There is more interracial friendship, understanding and goodwill. African-Americans serve in greater numbers in political office, as well as the upper echelon of American business." <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);"> <span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);">

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<span style="display: block; font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);"> ====<span style="font-family: serif; font-size: 16.9867px; left: 66.3102px; top: 351.445px; transform-origin: 0% 0% 0px; transform: scale(0.787757,1);">This talks about the way he presented his speech. It created a connection to the listeners and made it one of the greatest speeches of all time ====

"King pulled phrases from the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation and even the song "America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)" to drive his points home"

"King also used traditional rhetorical devices that enhanced the power of his words -- particularly his use of repetition, which highlighted the points he wanted to resonate with audiences"