There is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.
I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, 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 my four 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 today...
Martin Luther King, Jr.
August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C.
I have a dream that all men are indeed created equal, judged by the content of their character, and Affirmative Action will abolished!
ReplyDeletewell news flash. we all are judged. no mater our color. and the world is going to sh** because we have a dumb*** for a president. Soooo with that said looks like his dream is over. Yet we still get the day off. what the heck???
ReplyDeleteMLK was a Republican FYI.
ReplyDeleteI bet most people didn't know that M.L.K. was a republican that supported Nixon until he was arrested at a sit in and was bailed out by the Kennedy's and then switched parties .
ReplyDeleteM.L.K. strayed away from aligning himself with political parties jack@$$. Both parties simply claim his support when it is politically expedient. It was several republicans that voted against even honoring him with a holiday.
ReplyDeleteJ.F.K. voted against the 1957 civil rights act. Sounds like the Kennedy's realized the civil rights movement was gaining popularity and bought themselves a vote.
ReplyDeleteI have a dream when the things that divide us will go away so we can celebrate the things we have in common. Then, we can "build" a new America that is built on fairness and true values for all human beings.
ReplyDeleteI used to believe in the American Dream. I dont anymore.
ReplyDelete11:48 you can't change history just because you don't like it JACK AZZ !
ReplyDelete"I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their tired bodies, education and culture for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one day mankind will bow before the altars of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and non-violent redemptive goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land 'and the lion and the lamb shall lie down together and every man shall sit under his own vine and fig tree and none shall be afraid.' I still believe that we shall overcome."
ReplyDeleteMLK will have his dream forfilled when people go to school and get a job.It is about time they stop blaming everyone else and blame them selfs:Every other minority had to work for what they got,it was not GIVEN to them!
ReplyDeleteI have a dream -- that the FBI files on MLK are released, just like all other old government files that fall under the Freedom of Information Act.
ReplyDeleteBut alas, it's only a dream. We will never get to see those files. It would be too political incorrect if we learned that MLK often worked with subversives who wanted to destroy this country. It would also be very political incorrect to learn of his immoral lifestyle.
BTW, I was 16 when he was killed. The next day I was beat up by a mob of blacks for one reason only -- because I was white. So much for "not judging by the color of your skin."
2:42 PM anon-
ReplyDeletePsssst- Your Jim Crow is showing. seems like you deserved the A$$ kicking after all!
11:48 Where did you learn your convenient version of History? Martin Luther King Jr, his father and HIS father were Republicans. So was Abraham Lincoln. Guess you will deny that too?
ReplyDelete3:02..have another hit off that crack pipe. It ain't so.
ReplyDeleteAnon 2:59 it would seem like you are the one that needs a smack down with an ignorant comment like that. Have you even been attacked for no reason except the color of your skin. Well I have but luckily I was more than they bargained for. BTW I'm white also.
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ReplyDeleteBoth parties used to be very different. Democrats used to be more conservative in nature- but since the Christian right hijacked the republican party the dichotomy has changed drastically-
Bottom line is you cant look at party affiliation from MLKJ's era the same as you would today.
They are two very different times.
Look at what the man stood from and believed in- not which primary he would have voted in...
3:33 finally someone that knows history. You are very correct. It seems like the party stance has reversed over the years.
ReplyDeleteI have a dream: That every year we just view this day as another day simply because those (most not all) of his kind have no clue what he was about. The crime here in SBY and country wide seems to be "biased", I mean the majority of the crime is committed by blacks and MLK didn't want that did he? So how far have we come as a society in obtaining or achieving his "dream", I would have to say we are farther away from where we were back then..just my honest opinion. Oh BTW I worked a double today and loved it!
ReplyDelete3:33 Wasn't MLK a Christian ? boy you sound stupid ! He was a Reverend he was also a republican he did later switch parties after he cut a deal with the Kennedy brothers ! Sorry you can't change history I lived it !
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ReplyDeleteyour comment doesn't really pertain to 3:33.
Im not sure what MLK's religion has to do with this conversation- 3:33's comment is about how the dichotomy of the two political parties has changed since MLK was alive and that making a direct comparison between them now a days isn't relative to how they were back in his day, thus making his affiliation irrelevant.
I am as conservative and religious as they come but 3:33 was absolutely on point with that.
not sure why it made you so angry?
8:32 No one is angry the comment was " the Christian right has hijacked the republican party " Which is not true they have always been apart of both parties until the democrats starting moving further and further left !
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