'I Have a Dream' -- Speech by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Friday, August 28, 2026

Martin Luther King, Jr. August 28, 1963 Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., United States of America 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.

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Thousands gathered today to mark the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. The family of MLK Jr., Martin Luther King III & Arndrea Waters King, explain why this year's march was significant, given Trump's efforts to restrict voting rights.

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Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-08-28 02:24 PM | Reply

The current delapidated condition of the reflecting pool across which King gazed that day, a pet project personally overseen by the present occupant of the (unintentionally) too-accurately named White House, serves as a metaphor for the condition of civil rights and liberties in this country today.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-08-28 03:16 PM | Reply

America was lucky as hell to have the fight for rights of African Americans led by MLK Jr., as he believed in non violent civil disobedience. It took a long time, but things are definitely better than they were in 1960. In twenty years or so we whites will not longer be in the majority...now that would be an amazing time to experience. Even Trump using ICE as his brownshirt gang will not change the demographics.

#3 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-08-29 06:36 AM | Reply

I was a young adult in the 80's and 90's, It was such a hopeful time, You could see tides changing, It was beautiful,
And now we have walked it all back 100 years,
What world are we leaving to our children and grandchildren,
Grief and sorrow,

#4 | Posted by gypsydiane8177 at 2026-08-29 07:37 AM | Reply

"We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" April 16, 1963
billofrightsinstitute.org

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-08-29 08:02 AM | Reply