On August 28, 1963, I was 5 years old. While I was old enough, I don't recall watching or hearing Dr. King's speech. Today, I went to youtube and viewed and listened to the speech. Here it is (the link anyway)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
I am not qualified to say much about this speech. I will say this. Dr. King was a man for all people in this country. Not just the African-Americans, but whites and Asians and Hispanic and all people in this country. I believe that while there is still racism in this country, it's not something that condoned by the government as it was 50 years ago.
Enjoy the video.
You cannot click that link (apparently) so copy and paste the link and you will be taken to the video.
1 comment:
Racism is alive and well in this country, and is not only condoned by the government, but is activly practiced in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches.
Read the pamphlet "Black Skin Privlege and the American Dream" by David Horowitz and John Perazzo (available from Amazon, and in the Kindle edition.) This brief thirty-three page easy-to-read work does a good job of summarizing racism in American as it exists today.
Then, find a source of news (and news commentary) besides CNN, ABC, MSNBC, or the hundreds of other mainstream "news" organizations who's agenda is to keep you uninformed, under informed, or misinformed.
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