"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 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 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 a table of brotherhood.
"This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. 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."
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
On this day - "free at last"
Just watching Campbell Live, they did their "on this day" thing - and I thought todays was worth acknowledging - in 1968, on this day Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated outside the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee. So to mark the day - here's some words from his most famous speech in August 1963.
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i can't take this speech seriously anymore after hearing junior high kids read it for their speech competition...
"i have a dweam..."
Arrghh dont say that! you'll only sully it for the rest of the group.
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