Every year when MLK's birthday rolled around, I would read his "I have a dream" speech, along with others of his collected works. Now that it is a national holiday and now that YouTube is here, I can watch the speech on the holiday commemorating his birthday. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is as close to a hero as I have, and here's several reasons why .. he is a gifted orator and an inspired speech writer. This streaming video shows an excerpt of MLK's beautiful "I have a Dream" speech along with subtitles.
Where have our fiery and articulate speakers gone? Why are we stuck with barely literate boneheads like GWB?
If you have the time to watch the entire speech, here is it [17:27]:
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