We Shall Overcome - Week 3 Blog

While reading the speech "We Shall Overcome" by President Lyndon B. Johnson, I realize how much people are still trying to fight for American rights. In my opinion, there should be no struggle for the freedom of speech. No matter what race you are, you have the right to vote. However, that is not the case at this time; we are still fighting for American rights as a whole. The day that no one is denied the right to vote or the freedom of speech will be the day that our country can say we are equal. Person #5 brought up a very good point. Johnson seems to have forgotten the fights that women have been through too. Not only are the people of a different race struggling for equality, but women are still struggling as well. I don't feel that women still get treated equal to men and neither of these struggles should be occuring. EVERYONE should be equal, end of story. It is terrible that the suffering men and women who protested for their rights as Americans got assaulted and one man was killed. I agree with person #3 when she said that this didn't just affect one group of people, it affected everyone. There is no need for this endless struggle that is right before us. We all need to work together and stop at nothing to end this unneeded fight for equality and for the rights of all Americans.