There have been many great speeches given throughout our history. Washington's Farewell, Lincoln's Second Inaugural and Gettysburg Address certainly come to mind, but none surpasses Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream speech delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in August of 1963.
I can think of no better way to honor King's memory than to listen to that speech today.
It should be said, too, that it is a shame that we honor the man with a holiday but disregard much of what he said in this speech. His hope that one day his children would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, seemed to have died with him, having given way to the racial politics and preferences of the next twenty five years.
At any rate, set aside some time today to listen to King's words, the eloquence with which he delivers them, and the power of their truth.
The speech can be both read and heard here.
RLC
