DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR- I HAVE A DREAM I HAVE A DREAM Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the Founder and First President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference- A Black Civil Rights Movements, waging a non-violent campaign in the United States of America in the 50’s and 60’s, against racial discrimination, segregation and all other forms of political abuses against the African-Americans. At the peak of this epic non-violent campaign, on August 27th, 1963 in Washington DC, he gave one of the greatest speeches of our time: I HAVE A DREAM. Excerpts from the Speech. …I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the movement, 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 the former slaves and the sons of the former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of the brotherhood. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day, the State of Alabama, whose Governor’s lips are dripping with the words of interposition and nullification will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together 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 shall be made plain and the crooked places shall be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, all flesh shall see it together.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 07:51:02 +0000
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