Since we are going to read the short story "Visit to the Dentist" by Maya Angelou, let me take you back in time to an era when things were really hard for the African-American community in the USA. I'll start by leaving here a small extract of the famous speech "I have a dream" by Dr Luther King at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. on 28th August 1963:

 "Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

If you wnat to read the whole speech go to:

www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm