In the Martin Luther King speech many topics were brought to light. One specific topic was about racism in the Nation, and how people of color did not have fair rights. The time period this speech took place was sensitive; their was a "war" between how the people of color should be treated compared to the whites. This speech was the most powerful of it's time as many people who understand the severity of the situation may call it. The reasons behind the power of the speech was nonetheless about how eloquently and hopeful King saw the future of America. King was a man of faith, hopefulness, and peace which made his way of uniting people dangerous to those who wanted power.
In regards to Barack Obama's speech on the 50th anniversary of MLK's speech, it would be considered nearly as powerful as King's. However, it is powerful in the different sense because times are different from what they were back then. When Obama said his speech the most powerful words he could have ever said was how life has gotten better for people of color, this was more than what they got in those times. Obama was the first colored President to ever be in the United States; this shows how much America has progressed from being a "Whites only" and "Blacks only" nation. The power not only in his speech, but what he represents to America is meaningful to almost all; he is the symbol what was MLK's hope was for the future.
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