If there is any doubt that one person can make an impact, can use his one voice as a change agent, then look to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to show you it’s possible. Fifty years ago today on August 28th 1963, he gave his I Have A Dream speech. His speech came One Hundred years after the emancipation proclamation was signed. You can read his speech in entirety here. And let it help us all remember, one person can make a difference.
“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 THE TABLE OF BROTHERHOOD.
I HAVE A DREAM
THAT ONE DAY EVEN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, A STATE SWELTERING WITH THE HEAT IF INJUSTICE, SWELTERING WITH THE HEAT OF OPPRESSION, WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO AN OASIS OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE.
I HAVE A DREAM
THAT MY FOUR LITTLE 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.”
-DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
