Fifty years ago on Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood at the Lincoln Memorial and shared his dream that one day a people long denied their rights would become full citizens of this nation. His dream was born of the nightmare of segregation, Jim Crow and racial prejudice. For many, that nightmare continues […]
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Leonard Pitts: King’s towering dream still eludes us
“So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.” — Martin Luther King, Jr., August 28, 1963 This is “tomorrow.” Meaning that unknowable future whose unknowable difficulties Martin Luther King invoked half a century ago when he told America about his dream. If you could somehow magically bring […]
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