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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: the “I Have a Dream” speech

19 Monday Jan 2015

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Today, 19 January 2015

marks the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

 

…

Today, across the United States

the preeminent American civil rights leader

of non-violence means for  social change-

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

is honoured for giving his life breath to the cause

of equal rights and equal recognition.

 

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On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

28 August 1963,

Dr. King delivered his stirring I Have a Dream speech.

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(image from mirror.co.uk):

I have a Dream speech, crowd, image

I Have a Dream

 28 August 1963

Over a quarter of a million people were in attendance

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The speech was the climactic point of

the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

The March on Washington was organised to support then U. S. President

John F. Kennedy’s efforts for Congressional passage of civil rights legislation.

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The I Have a Dream speech

is lauded as one of the greatest works of oratory delivered in the 20th century:

emotive rhetoric, poignant phraseology, a rallying cry.

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(image from pbs.org):

I have a dream speech, MLK at podium

I Have a Dream

Dr. King at the podium

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Dr. King’s pacifist beliefs, eloquence, poise and steadfast calm

in the face of growing danger towards his physical person-

gained him world-wide attention and admiration.

In 1964, he became the youngest recipient of the Noble Peace Prize.

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(image from abcnews. org):

I have a dream speech, MLK acknowledges the crowd

I Have a Dream

Dr. King acknowledges the crowd

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The sentiment of the I Have a Dream speech is a plea for the basic tenets

of a just existence for all.

(excerpt of the I Have a Dream speech)

“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 slave owners 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.”

(from infoplease)

 

 

 

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When he had concluded, Dr. King handed the original typewritten speech

to George Raveling, then a Villanova University student and all-American

basketball player.

 

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Mr. Raveling, now 77 years old, still has the three page speech.

 

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I Have A Dream

Delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

28 August 1963

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A state of mind

23 Thursday Jan 2014

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George Burns, quote on getting older

“You can’t help getting older,

but you don’t have to get old.”

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George Burns, 1896 – 1996

Comedian.  Actor.  Writer.

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caution, throw to the wind … instead, proceed with confidence

25 Wednesday Sep 2013

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Henry David Thoreau, quote on following your dreams

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.

Live the life you have imagined.”

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Henry David Thoreau, 1817 – 1862

Philosopher.   Poet.   Essayist.   Abolitionist

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a helping hand

19 Thursday Sep 2013

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quotation on inspiration, Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Our chief want is someone

who will inspire us to be 

what we know we could be.”

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 – 1882

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Essayist.   Poet.   Philosopher.

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Constructive advice

04 Wednesday Sep 2013

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Milton Berle, quote on inspriation

Be inspired:

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.”

Milton Berle, 1908 – 2002

Comedian.  Actor.  Television Personality

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show-off!

06 Tuesday Aug 2013

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Cat in the Hat, children's book author/illustrator, Dr. Seuss, quote from Cat in the Hat, Theodor Seuss Geisel

“Look at me!

Look at me!

Look at me NOW!

It is fun to have fun

But you have to know how!”

…

(quote from the children’s book, Cat in the Hat)

Theodor Seuss Geisel, 1904 -1991

Poet.  Cartoonist.

Author of children’s picture book classics.

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On anything and everything : study the history

21 Friday Jun 2013

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33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, quotation on history

“There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.”

Harry S. Truman, 1884 – 1972

Thirty-third President of the United States 1945 – 1953

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one more step?

11 Tuesday Jun 2013

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first woman elected to U.S. Congress, Jeanette Rankin, quotation

“You take people as far as they will go,

not as far as you would like them to go.”

Jeanette Rankin, 1880 – 1973

The first woman elected to the United States Congress

 in 1916 and again in 1940

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The key to innovation, ask the right question: Why not?

05 Sunday May 2013

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RFK - quotation on innovation, Robert F. Kennedy (RFK)

“Some men look at things the way they are and ask, why?

I dream of things that are not and ask,

why not?”

 

 

Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy (RFK)

1925 – 1968 (assassinated)

United States Senator.  United States Attorney General.

Democratic Party Candidate for President.  Civil Rights Activist

 

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the eyes have it

22 Monday Apr 2013

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quotation, quotation on speaking with one's eyes, Samuel Richardson

“Where words are restrained, 

the eyes often talk a great deal.”

Samuel Richardson, 1689 – 1761

Writer.  Publisher.  Printer

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