Many Americans are observing the forty-seventh anniversary of King’s cosmic “I Have a Dream” speech. King created positive change by defying the odds and fighting against the power of the status quo – including the FBI, who spied on him because they considered him a threat.
During this anniversary, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin (with support from the NRA) are giving their own speech entitled “Restoring Honor”, and they are doing so at the Lincoln Memorial. Enough has been said about Beck and Palin’s attempts to revise history so instead of commenting on their ignorance, we should all commemorate Dr. King by actually reading his speeches.
Below you will find a timeline of King’s most memorable speeches with selected excerpts and links so you can read the speeches in their entirety. Then you will understand what King was really about – which is starkly different than the FOX News pundits who shamelessly disgrace his memory and legacy on a daily basis. I also apologize for cutting out so much and sacrificing the contextual flow for the sake of brevity.
**[I have excluded his most famous speech, “I Have a Dream”, because there is extensive focus on it all ready. I feel this focus may have unintentionally led to the lack of focus on his other speeches, which are just as powerful]**
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Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by Ryan Rhoades
08/28/2010 Leave a comment
Many Americans are observing the forty-seventh anniversary of King’s cosmic “I Have a Dream” speech. King created positive change by defying the odds and fighting against the power of the status quo – including the FBI, who spied on him because they considered him a threat.
During this anniversary, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin (with support from the NRA) are giving their own speech entitled “Restoring Honor”, and they are doing so at the Lincoln Memorial. Enough has been said about Beck and Palin’s attempts to revise history so instead of commenting on their ignorance, we should all commemorate Dr. King by actually reading his speeches.
Below you will find a timeline of King’s most memorable speeches with selected excerpts and links so you can read the speeches in their entirety. Then you will understand what King was really about – which is starkly different than the FOX News pundits who shamelessly disgrace his memory and legacy on a daily basis. I also apologize for cutting out so much and sacrificing the contextual flow for the sake of brevity.
**[I have excluded his most famous speech, “I Have a Dream”, because there is extensive focus on it all ready. I feel this focus may have unintentionally led to the lack of focus on his other speeches, which are just as powerful]**
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