“We shall overcome” speech contains several key points however I believe the most important points this speech contain are:
“There is no cause for self-satisfaction in the long denial of equal rights of millions of Americans. But there is cause for hope and for faith in our Democracy in what is happening here tonight. For the cries of pain and the hymns and protests of oppressed people have summoned into convocation all the majesty of this great government--the government of the greatest nation on earth.” This is important because this occurred during a time when this nation’s government failed to enforce equality among its citizens. This began a changing point towards the act of voting in this country.
“There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem.” The first step of making a change is observing the wrong and looking at it as a whole. As the quote states, “there is only an American problem”. This was the first step of moving away from discrimination.
“We have all sworn an oath before God to support and to defend that Constitution. We must now act in obedience to that oath.” This quote speaks for itself.