Jan 16, 2017
In this podcast episode, we feature Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speech I Have a Dream delivered on August 28, 1963. We are about to celebrate the national holiday in honor of Dr. King on January 16th. I thought it timely to release Dr. King’s on this day of remembrance and challenge to for us to recommit ourselves to the continuing fight for civil rights for all. The context for Dr. King’s speech was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in summer of 1963. The speech was delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial before a quarter million civil rights supporters in Washington, D.C. Many historians declare the speech to be the defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement
Great speech with great ideals. I wonder if Dr. King, and his dream of a color-blind society, would be accepted by today's minority leaders (Sharpton, Jackson, BLM, Obama?), who sometimes seem to be more interested in accentuating the divisions in society in order to keep people angry and thus keep their own political (and monetary) power in tact. It seems to me that Dr. King had a better vision of America. Dr. King was willing to sacrifice so much, while others seem to be more self-interested. Just my impression. Thanks again for the podcast.