![]() ![]() King wrote at length about the moral responsibility to fight against injustice with non-violent tactics, using America’s promises, and the people’s ownership to those promises, as a guide. I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. ![]() ![]() In his open Letter from Birmingham Jail written on Apfollowing his arrest for participating in a non-violent demonstration against segregation, Dr. Give Us the Ballot, Address at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom. King returned often to a central tenet of his work: holding America and its people to the promise of “the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” to all men, a promise made by the Founders against the backdrop of the practice of slavery and the displacement of Native peoples. By invoking the words of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, Dr. 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 their character. King powerfully invoked the words and messages of the American Revolution in his calls for civil and economic rights and in speaking out against racism. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. Throughout many of his speeches and writings, Dr. Over the course of MLK Weekend, the Museum honors the life, service, and legacy of Rev. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |