Posted by Helen on: 01.21.2008 /
“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.”
– Martin Luther King Jr
text and video of the entire speech
Comment by: joe
1 01/21/08 7:56 AM | Comment Link |I had that on a cd for a while, which I would listen to quite regularly. It starts slow but builds to a great crescendo. Love it.
Comment by: Helen
2 01/21/08 8:50 AM | Comment Link |Thanks Joe - I love it too. It’s one of the greatest speeches of all time, in my opinion.
Comment by: Jason Horton
3 01/25/08 10:02 AM | Comment Link |One of my university courses had this speech as an excellent example of using common methods of rhetoric to express an opinion more effectively. I must have watch and listened to it a 100 times.
It is, of course, wonderful for it’s content as well as it’s structure.
Comment by: Helen
4 01/26/08 9:01 AM | Comment Link |I agree, Jason.