Dr Martin Luther King, Jr "I have a Dream"

On this day, we can take some time to review the famous words of Martin Luther King Jr. from his "I have a dream" speech.




For more about Dr Martin Luther King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day
From the National Archives, a PDF with the text https://www.archives.gov/files/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf
The wikipedia entry on the "I have a Dream" speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr "I have a Dream"

For more about Dr Martin Luther King
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day

From the National Archives, a PDF with the text
https://www.archives.gov/files/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf

The wikipedia entry on the "I have a Dream" speech
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream

"if America is to be a great nation (Yes), this must become true" (video)

Take a few minutes to listen to, or read, the "I have a dream" speech given by Martin Luther King in August of 1963.

"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. (My Lord, No, no, no, no) [applause] We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline."

The full text of the speech can be found here:

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/i-have-dream-address-delivered-march-washington-jobs-and-freedom

50 year Anniversary

50 years have passed since the day on the Mall when Martin Luther King shared his "I have a dream"





The wikipedia entry for the speech
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream

"I have a dream"

On this day, it is important to remember.

To save man from the morass of propaganda, in my opinion, is one of the chief aims of education. Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction. 

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., The Purpose of Education

"I have a dream..."

Martin Luther King's birthday and a national holiday. Time to watch once again "I have a dream".



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