Aug 282019
Martin Luther King, Jr. influenced my political thinking more than any other individual. I was fortunate to have worked under him on Vietnam Summer and to have been present on the Washington Mall fifty-six years ago today on August 28, 1963. It’s hard to believe that we are once again fighting the battle to secure the voting rights won as a result of his dream, and to restore them, where racist Republicans are outlawing the right to vote. Will his dream survive?
This is a repost of last year’s article. I saw no way to improve it.
Never before has there been such a threat that his dream will be destroyed by the Republican Reich! Will it survive? That depends on YOU!
RESIST!!
VOTE BLUE!!
10 Responses to “Will His Dream Survive?”
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A momentous/historic event for you that will live through the Ages. What a wonderful memory to have and to cherish!
I agree, Dr. King’s speech is applicable today, just as it was 56 years ago.
Very, very fitting for today, and everyday’s viewing.
Thank you, Tom for your post!
I think the speech may be even more applicable today than it was 56 years ago … but that may be just my ignorance at the time of how bad it really was. Now, we see some new outrage in the headlines quite literally every day. It can be depressing, but we cannot allow it to depress us into shutting up.
The speech was hugely pertinent then, and, sadly, it remains pertinent today! The odious, bigoted, underbelly of the country, does not want to see equality, period!
https://parade.com/252644/viannguyen/15-of-martin-luther-king-jr-s-most-inspiring-motivational-quotes/
Thank you for sharing!😸
This speech will remain one of the most important speeches in history. It is terribly sad that America, as it has become in the last decades, seems to have removed itself even further away from this beautiful dream.
Agree his speech will always be one of importance.
Dr. King was a remarkable man.
His words live on. Just too bad we have an idiot in office who speaks the opposite of Dr. King.
Thanks TC.
“Will His Dream Survive?”
Well, if it doesn’t … you can pretty much kiss our experiment in Democracy “Good-Bye!”
It is up to us, each one of us, and all of us collectively, to make sure the Reverend Doctor King’s dream not only remains possible, but does become reality. As MLK said, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.
One of the quotes on the link that Angelflowers provided: “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” How true that rings now!
Thanks, Hugs, and Amen to all.