Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 2011

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On this Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - What do you dream of? How you willing to work purposefully for a greater good? How might a greater good/the Kingdom of God be calling you?

Blessed Be

PS - I was hoping to add a video of the speech, but didn't realize that the video of the speech is copyrighted. I did find a link to a text transcription of the speech, and an audio version, so you may hear and read at the same time.

Believe it or not, the "I Have a Dream" speech was originally titled "Normalcy, Never Again." and the first drafts never included the phrase "I have a dream". The popular title "I have a dream," came from the speech's greatly improvised content and delivery. Near the end of the speech, famous African American gospel singer Mahalia Jackson shouted to Dr. King from the crowd, "Tell them about the dream, Martin." Dr. King stopped delivering his prepared speech and started "preaching", punctuating his points with "I have a dream."* 

It was one of the realities of how speeches are lived events that we now have this speech/sermon and the new title.

The speech can be found here: American Rhetoric: Martin Luther King Jr.

*quote from: Martin Luther King Online