I Have a Dream!

“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation...
…Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation...
…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."…
…And when this happens… when we let it ring from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" - MLK

What an ironically fitting place for the King of the Civil Rights Revolution, between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials in Washington DC. Jefferson, who owned slaves, agonized whether or not to abolish slavery in the creation of our nation. Lincoln, well what can we say about the brilliance of this man. He managed to free the slaves and save our young nation. That was not an easy feat. In fact it cost him his life.

Just as fighting for the rights of the descendents of those freed people cost Dr. King his life. His passive fight changed all our lives. Thanks to this man and others with his courage, I never saw separate “Whites Only” restrooms or water fountains. My educational experience was a healthy blend of many cultures. I can’t wait to see the monument reminding generations to come about the Dream!