{"id":540,"date":"2020-04-14T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/?p=540"},"modified":"2020-04-15T15:49:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T15:49:42","slug":"i-have-a-dream-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"I have a dream today- martin Luther King"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>A famous speech of Martin Luther King Jr.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In his iconic speech at the Lincoln Memorial for the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, King urged America to &#8220;make real the promises of democracy.&#8221; King synthesized portions of his earlier speeches to capture both the necessity for change and the potential for hope in American society.<\/em> Listen <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr HD (subtitled)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vP4iY1TtS3s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\">Here is the text of his speech-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>I have a dream today&#8212;&#8212;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In his iconic speech at the Lincoln Memorial for the 1963\nMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, King\nurged America\nto &#8220;make real the promises of democracy.&#8221; King synthesized portions\nof his earlier speeches to capture both the necessity for change and the\npotential for hope in American society.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Listen \u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nam happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest\ndemonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. [<em>applause<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five\nscore years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today,\nsigned the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great\nbeacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves [<em>Audience<\/em>:] (<em>Yeah<\/em>) who had been seared in the flames of\nwithering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of\ntheir captivity. (<em>Hmm<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But\none hundred years later (<em>All\nright<\/em>), the Negro still is not free. (<em>My Lord, Yeah<\/em>) One hundred years later,\nthe life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation\nand the chains of discrimination. (<em>Hmm<\/em>) One hundred years later (<em>All right<\/em>), the Negro\nlives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material\nprosperity. One hundred years later (<em>My Lord<\/em>) [<em>applause<\/em>], the Negro is still languished in the\ncorners of American society and finds himself in exile in his own land. (<em>Yes, yes<\/em>) And so we\u2019ve\ncome here today to dramatize a shameful condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\na sense we\u2019ve come to our nation\u2019s capital to cash a check. When the architects\nof our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the\nDeclaration of Independence (<em>Yeah<\/em>), they were signing a promissory note to which every\nAmerican was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men\nas well as white men (<em>My\nLord<\/em>), would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty,\nand the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has\ndefaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are\nconcerned. (<em>My Lord<\/em>)\nInstead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people\na bad check, a check which has come back marked insufficient funds. [<em>enthusiastic applause<\/em>]\n(<em>My Lord, Lead on,\nSpeech, speech<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But\nwe refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. (<em>My Lord<\/em>) [<em>laughter<\/em>] (<em>No, no<\/em>) We refuse to\nbelieve that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of\nthis nation. (<em>Sure enough<\/em>)\nAnd so we\u2019ve come to cash this check (Yes), a check that will give us upon\ndemand the riches of freedom (<em>Yes<\/em>) and the security of justice. (<em>Yes Lord<\/em>) [<em>enthusiastic applause<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\nhave also come to this hallowed spot (<em>My Lord<\/em>) to remind America of the fierce urgency of\nnow. (<em>Mhm<\/em>)\nThis is no time (<em>My Lord<\/em>)\nto engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of\ngradualism. [<em>applause<\/em>]\n(<em>Yes, Speak on it!<\/em>)\nNow is the time (<em>Yes it\nis<\/em>) to make real the promises of democracy. (<em>My Lord<\/em>) Now is the\ntime to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit\npath of racial justice. Now is the time [<em>applause<\/em>] to lift our nation from the quicksands\nof racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time (<em>Yes<\/em>) [<em>applause<\/em>] (<em>Now<\/em>) to make justice a\nreality for all of God\u2019s children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\nwould be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This\nsweltering summer of the Negro\u2019s legitimate discontent (<em>Yes<\/em>) will not pass\nuntil there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. (<em>My Lord<\/em>) 1963 is not an\nend, but a beginning. (<em>Yes<\/em>)\nAnd those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be\ncontent will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual.\n[<em>enthusiastic applause<\/em>]\nThere will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted\nhis citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the\nfoundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But\nthere is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm\nthreshold which leads into the palace of justice: in the process of gaining our\nrightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to\nsatisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and\nhatred. (<em>My Lord, No, no,\nno, no<\/em>) [<em>applause<\/em>]\nWe must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and\ndiscipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical\nviolence. (<em>My Lord<\/em>)\nAgain and again (<em>No, no<\/em>),\nwe must rise to the majestic heights (<em>Yes<\/em>) of meeting physical force with soul force.\n(<em>My Lord<\/em>) The\nmarvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us\nto a distrust of all white people (<em>Hmm<\/em>), for many of our white brothers, as\nevidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny\nis tied up with our destiny [<em>sustained applause<\/em>], and they have come to realize that\ntheir freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And\nas we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot\nturn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, \u201cWhen\nwill you be satisfied?\u201d (<em>Never<\/em>)\nWe can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable\nhorrors of police brutality. (<em>Yes<\/em>) We can never be satisfied [applause] as long as our\nbodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of\nthe highways and the hotels of the cities. [<em>applause<\/em>] We cannot be satisfied as long as the\nNegro\u2019s basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. (<em>Yes<\/em>) We can never be\nsatisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of\ntheir dignity by signs stating for whites only. [<em>applause<\/em>] (<em>Yes, Hallelujah<\/em>) We cannot be satisfied as\nlong as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and\na Negro in New York\nbelieves he has nothing for which to vote. (<em>Yeah, That\u2019s right, Let\u2019s go<\/em>) [<em>applause<\/em>] No, no, we\nare not satisfied and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like\nwaters (<em>Yes<\/em>)\nand righteousness like a mighty stream. [<em>applause<\/em>] (<em>Let\u2019s go, Tell it<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nam not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and\ntribulations. (<em>My Lord<\/em>)\nSome of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. (<em>My Lord, That\u2019s right<\/em>)\nSome of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered\nby the storms of persecution (<em>Yeah, Yes<\/em>) and staggered by the winds of police brutality.\nYou have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the\nfaith (<em>Hmm<\/em>)\nthat unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi (<em>Yeah<\/em>), go back to\nAlabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana,\ngo back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities (<em>Yes<\/em>), knowing that\nsomehow this situation can and will be changed. (<em>Yes<\/em>) Let us not wallow in the valley of\ndespair. (<em>My Lord<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nsay to you today, my friends [<em>applause<\/em>], so even though we face the difficulties of today\nand tomorrow (<em>Uh-huh<\/em>),\nI still have a dream. (<em>Yes<\/em>)\nIt is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. (<em>Yes<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nhave a dream (<em>Mhm<\/em>)\nthat one day (<em>Yes<\/em>)\nthis nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed (<em>Hah<\/em>): \u201cWe hold these\ntruths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.\u201d (<em>Yeah, Uh-huh, Hear hear<\/em>)\n[<em>applause<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nhave a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia (<em>Yes, Talk<\/em>), the sons of\nformer slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down\ntogether at the table of brotherhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nhave a dream (<em>Yes<\/em>)\n[<em>applause<\/em>]\nthat one day even the state of Mississippi,\na state sweltering with the heat of injustice (<em>Yeah<\/em>), sweltering with the heat of\noppression (<em>Mhm<\/em>),\nwill be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nhave a dream (<em>Yeah<\/em>)\n[<em>applause<\/em>]\nthat my four little children (<em>Well<\/em>) will one day live in a nation where they will not be\njudged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. (<em>My Lord<\/em>) I have a dream\ntoday. [<em>enthusiastic\napplause<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nhave a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists (<em>Yes, Yeah<\/em>), with its\ngovernor having his lips dripping with the words of \u201cinterposition\u201d and\n\u201cnullification\u201d (<em>Yes<\/em>),\none day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able\nto join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I\nhave a dream today. [<em>applause<\/em>]\n(<em>God help him, Preach<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nhave a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted (<em>Yes<\/em>), every hill and\nmountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain (<em>Yes<\/em>), and the crooked\nplaces will be made straight (<em>Yes<\/em>), and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed [<em>cheering<\/em>], and all\nflesh shall see it together. (<em>Yes Lord<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nis our hope. (<em>Yes, Yes<\/em>)\nThis is the faith that I go back to the South with. (<em>Yes<\/em>) With this faith (<em>My Lord<\/em>) we will be\nable to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. (<em>Yes, All right<\/em>) With\nthis faith (<em>Yes<\/em>)\nwe will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation (<em>Yes<\/em>) into a beautiful\nsymphony of brotherhood. (<em>Talk\nabout it<\/em>) With this faith (<em>Yes, My Lord<\/em>) we will be able to work together,\nto pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together (<em>Yes<\/em>), to stand up for\nfreedom together (<em>Yeah<\/em>),\nknowing that we will be free one day. [<em>sustained applause<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nwill be the day, this will be the day when all of God\u2019s children (<em>Yes, Yeah<\/em>) will be able\nto sing with new meaning: \u201cMy country, \u2018tis of thee (<em>Yeah, Yes<\/em>), sweet land\nof liberty, of thee I sing. (<em>Oh yes<\/em>) Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim\u2019s\npride (<em>Yeah<\/em>),\nfrom every mountainside, let freedom ring!\u201d (<em>Yeah<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And\nif America\nis to be a great nation (<em>Yes<\/em>),\nthis must become true. So let freedom ring (<em>Yes, Amen<\/em>) from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. (<em>Uh-huh<\/em>) Let freedom\nring from the mighty mountains of New\n  York. Let freedom ring from the heightening\nAlleghenies of Pennsylvania. (<em>Yes, all right<\/em>) Let freedom ring (<em>Yes<\/em>) from the\nsnow-capped Rockies of Colorado. (<em>Well<\/em>) Let freedom ring from the curvaceous\nslopes of California.\n(<em>Yes<\/em>) But not\nonly that: (<em>No<\/em>)\nLet freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. [<em>cheering<\/em>] (<em>Yeah, Oh yes, Lord<\/em>) Let freedom ring from\nLookout Mountain of Tennessee. (<em>Yes<\/em>) Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. (<em>Yes<\/em>) From&nbsp;<em>every<\/em>&nbsp;mountainside\n(<em>Yeah<\/em>) [<em>sustained applause<\/em>],\nlet freedom ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And\nwhen this happens [<em>applause<\/em>]\n(<em>Let it ring, Let it ring<\/em>),\nand when we allow freedom ring (<em>Let it ring<\/em>), when we let it ring from every village and\nevery hamlet, from every state and every city (<em>Yes Lord<\/em>), we will be able to speed up\nthat day when all of God\u2019s children (<em>Yeah<\/em>), black men (<em>Yeah<\/em>) and white men (<em>Yeah<\/em>), Jews and\nGentiles, Protestants and Catholics (<em>Yes<\/em>), will be able to join hands and sing in the\nwords of the old Negro spiritual: \u201cFree at last! (<em>Yes<\/em>) Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we\nare free at last!\u201d [<em>enthusiastic\napplause<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Source:&nbsp;MLKEC-INP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Estate Collection <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A famous speech of Martin Luther King Jr. In his iconic speech at the Lincoln Memorial for the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-4","category-5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":569,"href":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions\/569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vikalpvimarsh.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}