I Have A Dream

50 YEARS AGO, A SPEECH WAS GIVEN 50THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. AUGUST 28, 1963 RACISM, SEGREGATION, DISCRIMINATION AND INJUSTICE RAGED IN AMERICA. LU.E. WE MARCH MARCH JOBS MARCH WE DEMANO NOW! VOTING RIGHTS NOW? LAWINT AE SAYN END ! NOWSEGREGATED RULES RULES PUBLIC SCHOOLS SRURY THODUST JOBS SEERIGAD I.U.E. OYMENT JOBS FOR ALL NO NOW! BEPORE NOW! ABLAVE WELL BE ueIED IN FULL EMPLOYMENT OVER 250,000 DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED AT THE NATIONAL MALL FOR THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM. THOSE MARCHING IN AMERICA'S CAPITOL SOUGHT TO ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE MARCH, DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND HIS ADVISORS STAYED UP LATE INTO THE NIGHT, WRITING THE SPEECH. THE SPEECH WAS ENTITLED "NORMALCY- NEVER AGAIN" IT DID NOT CONTAIN THE WORDS "I HAVE A DREAM" ANYWHERE IN THE SCRIPT. BUT, UPON SEEING THE ENTHUSIASTIC REACTION OF THE CROWD, KING DEPARTED FROM THE PREPARED SCRIPT. NOTEABLE QUOTES FROM THE SPEECH: I AM HAPPY TO JOIN WITH YOU TODAY IN WHAT WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE GREATEST DEMONSTRATION FOR FREEDOM IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE REAL THE PROMISES OF DEMOCRACY. NOW IS THE TIME TO RISE FROM THE DARK AND DESOLATE VALLEY OF SEGREGATION TO THE SUNLIT PATH OF RACIAL JUSTICE. NOW IS THE TIME TO LIFT OUR NATION FROM THE QUICK SANDS OF RACIAL INJUSTICE TO THE SOLID ROCK OF BROTHERHOOD. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE JUSTICE A REALITY FOR ALL OF GOD'S CHILDREN. I SAY TO YOU TODAY, MY FRIENDS, SO EVEN THOUGH WE FACE THE DIFFICULTIES OF TODAY AND TOMORROW, I STILL HAVE A DREAM. IT IS A DREAM DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE AMERICAN DREAM. T 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 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. I HAVE A DREAM TODAY. FOR A MOMENT THERE WAS SILENCE. SOME PEOPLE WEPT OPENLY. OTHERS WERE TOO MOVED TO RESPOND. THEN THE SILENCE WAS REPLACED BY THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE. KING'S WORDS WERE BROADCAST LIVE BY THREE MAJOR TELEVISION NETWORKS. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAD ONLY HEARD HIS NAME WERE ABLE TO WITNESS THE POWER OF HIS SPEECH FIRSTHAND. PRESIDENT KENNEDY WATCHED THE COVERAGE OF THE MARCH FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, AND REMARKED, "THAT GUY IS REALLY GOOD." UNFORTUNATELY, KENNEDY WOULD NOT ADMIT HIS ADMIRATION IN PUBLIC. THE NEXT YEAR, KING WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HIS CIVIL RIGHTS WORK AND MAN OF THE YEAR BY TIME MAGAZINE IN 1963. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PUBLIC SPEAKING AND TO BROWSE SPEAKERS THAT ARE EXPERTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, VISIT: espeakers MARKETPLACE.ESPEAKERS.COM SOURCES: http://www.thekingcenter.org/ http://officialmikdream50.com http://mik-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php http://www.usconstitution.net/dream.html http://officialmikdream50.com/august-28/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEgnnkifYs http://www.rsvlts.com/2013/01/15/martin-luther-king-jr-rare-photos/ http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/x201ci-have-dreamx201d http://markmcmillion.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Day-Celebration.jpg http://www.businessinsider.com/wing-it-like-dr-king-five-lessons-for-your-next-presentation-2011-8 http://www.milestonedocuments.com/documents/view/martin-luther-king-jrs-i-have-a-dream-speech/impact http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_i_have_a dream 28 august_1963/