2008-Apr-4 - I have a dream...
Today we commemorate the fact that forty years ago Martin Luther King was murdered. Here is part of the
speech he gave at the Lincoln Memorial during the Civil Rights march in Washington, D.C.,
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.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!
But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
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2008-Apr-4 - 40 years ago sounds so long ago. |
| Posted by Patty |
| But yet it also seems like yesterday. Thanks for all of your visits, prayers and comments. |
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2008-Apr-4 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by readerwil |
Exactly! I can remember the shock we had when we heard the news. It was terrible!
I am glad Abe is home again. |
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2008-Apr-5 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by LauriesAsylum |
| I do believe this is the first time I've seen his speech in it's entirety, thanks for posting it! |
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2008-Apr-5 - Untitled Comment |
| Posted by readerwil |
| Hi Laurie, Google is a great help! In fact the speech was even longer, but this was the most essential part, I think. |
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2008-Apr-5 - Actually ... |
| Posted by drdog |
That speech was, in fact, the one he gave at the Lincoln Memorial during the Civil Rights march in Washington, D.C., during the summer of 1963. Very powerful message.
(Here is the full text of the speech, from the website of the U.S. State Department:
http://usinfo.state.gov/infousa/gove...w/38.html)
The last speech he gave, in Memphis, the night before his death, he alluded to Moses leading his people to the promised land, and he eerily told his audience that "I may not get there with you," but that they will get to the promised land.
Less than a day later ...
I have my own memories of that day, and after seeing this, it motivated me to write them. So you get the credit for being my inspiration. |
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2008-Apr-5 - I have a dream.. |
| Posted by readerwil |
Thank you drdog! I read your entry today. It's very important! It's a part of history and we were in it.
Thank you for what you told about the speech. I didn't know that this was not his last one. Anyway it is eery that he should have referred to Moses, saying: " I may not get there with you."
As you see I corrected my opening sentence and wrote that the speech was delivered during the Civil Rights march. |
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| Posted by Tahenesse |
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