I haven't had the inspiration to write anything for a week or so. I was saddened by my friend's death among other things. Today, in America, we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To those much younger than me and my color, he may only be a name in the American History books. The following is the entry I made over 15 years ago. It's still worth your time to read or listen.
7/22/2007
QUOTATIONS
Memorable quotations of my lifetime.
"I have a dream."
"I have a dream."
-the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
August 28, 1963
For me, August, 1963 was the Summer between high school and college. John F. Kennedy was president. He was assassinated in the Fall.
This quotation is actually the name given by others to Reverend King's speech--its most famous line. Possibly, no speech more effected my life than this one. Possibly, no speech more effected my generation than this one because of the impact it had on society.
I heard this line and a few others a day or two later. It never got more than a minute on the evening news that day. I never heard the whole speech until some years later. It was voted by academicians to be the greatest speech of the Twentieth Century. You can read or listen to it at the following site. Its worth the time.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
August 28, 1963
For me, August, 1963 was the Summer between high school and college. John F. Kennedy was president. He was assassinated in the Fall.
This quotation is actually the name given by others to Reverend King's speech--its most famous line. Possibly, no speech more effected my life than this one. Possibly, no speech more effected my generation than this one because of the impact it had on society.
I heard this line and a few others a day or two later. It never got more than a minute on the evening news that day. I never heard the whole speech until some years later. It was voted by academicians to be the greatest speech of the Twentieth Century. You can read or listen to it at the following site. Its worth the time.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
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