I Have a Dream, a Blurred Vision by Michael Parenti
One of my favourite authors … worth a read EWR
by Michael Parenti
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Originally published August 29, 2013
January 17, 2020
The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington—in which Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made his famed “I Have a Dream” speech—has recently won renewed attention from various print and electronic media in the United States. But the more attention given to King’s extraordinary speech, the less we seem to know about King himself, the less aware we are about the serious challenges he was presenting, challenges that remain urgent and ignored to this very day.
The March on Washington took place on 28 August 1963. Despite repeated fear mongering by certain commentators and public officials who predicted there would be violence in the streets—over 250,000 people descended upon Washington D.C. in a massive show of unity and peaceful determination.
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It’s interesting that this was first published in 2013, and Mr. Parenti thinks that Dr. King wouldn’t be invited to the White House, being considered too radical. I’m sure that whether in 2013, or in 2020, Dr. King would indeed be welcome at the White House. His movement was non-violent, unlike some factions we have running around in the streets these days.
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