On this day, 56 years ago, Dr. King gave his mighty I Have a Dream speech from the steps on the Lincoln Memorial. His vision—of equality, of justice, of humanity—resonates today with trembling power. Today, listen again to the entire historic speech: https://tinyurl.com/y9qpb3x5 pic.twitter.com/e0aNYxwgEn
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“I have a dream 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 the content of their character. I have a dream today!” 4/x
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“I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.” 5/x
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“This will be the day, this will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning, My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, From every mountainside, let freedom ring." 6/x
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“And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, 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...” 7/x
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“... 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!” 8/x
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This is the promise of America. Rev. King—and too often today we forget he was a minister of the Gospel—laid out the vision for Justice in our Nation. With God’s Grace, this is who we can be, together. 9/xpic.twitter.com/16olSrolhw
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So. Nice words. Does your support of 45 echo Dr King’s words and beliefs?
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hey Ted, How many Russians does it take for Donald Trump to get a loan approved?
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How do we bridge the gap between the cummlative effects of history and our projected destiny we want to occur?
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