# MLK's I Have a Dream speech. Wow! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlks-i-have-a-dream-speech-wow/149879 "2003-01-20T23:08:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlks-i-have-a-dream-speech-wow/149879/1 "2003-01-20T23:08:22Z")
I just heard a tape of Dr. Martin Luther King’s [I Have a Dream](http://web66.coled.umn.edu/new/MLK/MLK.html) speech on the radio. (Many of Dr. King’s speeches and writings can be found [here](http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/).) Whenever I hear the speech I am reminded what a powerful speaker and writer he is. The short speech is immensely vivid and moving. Every time I hear it, I visualize the issues moving the era, and how Dr. King harnessed the great tides of history in his voice. ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlks-i-have-a-dream-speech-wow/149879/2 "2003-01-20T23:38:46Z")
Yep. And his passion for civil rights lives on in great people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. God bless America. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlks-i-have-a-dream-speech-wow/149879/3 "2003-01-21T00:59:42Z")
I hear ya, Billdo! That wonderful oration never fails to remind me of what is possible and worth working toward. A great link, too; thanks. Happy Birthday, Dr. King. You helped make a better world for all. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlks-i-have-a-dream-speech-wow/149879/4 "2003-01-21T01:00:49Z")
Though the “I Have a Dream” speech is a masterwork, I am always exceptionally moved by the [Drum Major Instinct](http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/sermons/680204.000_Drum_Major_Instinct.html) sermon. I don’t even share his faith, and yet I find this sermon to be particularly moving. I first heard it mixed into a song, and it was absolutely amazing. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlks-i-have-a-dream-speech-wow/149879/5 "2003-01-21T04:18:50Z")
They played this speech over a loud speaker at school today - I don’t know which student group it was, but it was actually quite moving. I didn’t listen to the whole thing, as I had somewhere to go, but it was interesting to walk down the path listening to it. I didn’t even know it was his birthday today - it’s not something that’s celebrated in Canada, though I think it was neat that a student group decided to celebrate it anyways, because its such an important and powerful message. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlks-i-have-a-dream-speech-wow/149879/6 "2003-01-21T05:09:05Z")
Evil people shoot holes in all of our great leaders and then we wonder why we have no great leaders any more ☹