It is so refreshing to hear one of the greatest oratories of all time- Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech. It has everything that the great speeches have (One clear theme repeated, alliteration, metaphors, rhyme, biblical references, historical citations to our founding doucments, etc….)
He calls on Americans of all colors and creeds to unite unlike the black separatists of our time like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Dr. Ron Karenga (the founder of the phony “holiday” known as Kwanzaa.) who are constantly dividing people on racial lines.
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.
The Patriot Post editors have this to say:
Historian Shelby Steele observes, â??There is an awful lot of conservative sentiment in black America, but at the moment, the party line is ruthlessly enforced.â? Indeed, those who followed Martin Luther King when he was speaking of freedom, like Jesse Jackson, tolerate no dissension from their liberal ranks now. They have abandoned Kingâ??s dream, and aligned themselves with political and social agendas obsessed with color at the expense of character.
Black conservatives of national stature, like Clarence Thomas, Condoleezza Rice, Colin Powel, Ward Connerly, Michael Steele, Jesse Lee Peterson, Alan Keyes, Don Scoggins, Alvin Williams, Ken Blackwell, Thomas Sowell, Star Parker and Walter Williams are routinely castigated by Jackson, et al., as â??Uncle Tomsâ? and â??puppets.â? Yet these are the men and women following the call of King.
Let us today remember the great wisdom, insight, and vision of this great figure in American history:
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 one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. 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.
I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor’s lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.