- Via Shakesville, the I Have A Dream video, in case you need a reminder of the power that speech contained. (Shakesville has a transcript.) I'm playing it right now.
- Jesse Curtis looks at Dr. King's words and the present.
Dr. King spoke of the interrelated problems of racism, poverty, militarism, and materialism--problems that were so embedded in the fabric of American life that they compromised the very structure of society. We modern Americans, appropriately colorblind and tolerant, believe that we've fulfilled the promise of the Black freedom struggle by...wait for it...being nice to each other.
[crossposted]
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