“I Have a Dream”

On the Day Named For Him, We Remember and Reflect on the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today, to honor the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. we are sharing two videos of the “I Have a Dream Speech.”    The first video is the full version which is 17-minutes in length, and the second video is the short version which has been edited down to a little over 5 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFcbpGK9_aw Below is the text of the most famous portion of the speech:

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. 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 the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of 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. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today