Sunday, April 27, 2008

Dr. King's "I Have Come To The Mountaintop" Speech

This year marks 40 years since Dr. King's assassination. At this point in time, now more than ever, is it important for us to look back in history to a man that brought America to a turning point. America remembers the history of Dr. King that they want us to remember--only pieces of his "I have a Dream" speech that they twist to propel their colorblind rhetoric. Yet, there were many speeches that Dr. King delivered. And it is up to us to educate ourselves on Dr. King in his entirety, not only through the lens that America deems as safe.

Delivered in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968, the night before he was assassinated, his "I have come to the Mountaintop" speech gives great insight into what Dr. King was thinking and seeing about the future of this nation. He delivers this speech, it seems, as if he knew it was his last. His heartfelt charge given during this message remains true today. Please take time out to listen to this speech; you will not regret it.

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