Some progress on Dr King’s dream

THE EDITOR: Forty years ago Dr Martin Luther King Jr made his famous speech, “I have a dream.” (August, 1963). Forty years later, has that dream become a reality?

The world back then was different, black people, people of African descent, were being humiliated and scoffed at by white Americans. What prompted Dr King to make that famous speech was the injustice that were being forced upon black people and he spoke out about it. Blacks were denied their civic rights. Part of that dream was to see little black boys and girls joining hands with white boys and girls. Although the dream has not yet been realised, black Americans, black people around the world are now accepted in every sphere of local, regional and international life. Black people have made strides since those days, although at times, people are still frowned upon because of the colour of the skin. Black people still have to make greater strides in their quest for recognition. We can only hope that dream 40 years ago will still be realised and that the world will become a more tolerant place to live. Hopefully one day we will realise his dream.

KEN SMITH
Woodbrook