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TODAY MARKS THE 50th
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ICONIC
SPEECH, 'I HAVE A DREAM' ,
DELIVERED BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER
KING Jr. ON 28 AUGUST, 1963 IN
WASHINGTON DC !
DR. KING WAS A PHENOMENON
WHO FOUGHT FOR AN EQUAL
SPACE FOR THE COLORED PEOPLE
OF THE UNITED STATES LONG BEEN
REELING UNDER THE BURDEN OF
SLAVERY, PERSECUTION, ILL-
TREATMENT AND ALL WERE DUE TO
THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
PRACTISED AND WHETTED BY THE
LEGAL SYSTEM !
DR. KING WAS A GREAT ORATOR
AND DUE TO THIS SKILL HE ALWAYS
USED TO MOBILISE THE BLACKS
AND MADE THEM AWARE OF THEIR
PATHETIC PLIGHT AND APPEALED
FOR A UNITED VOICE OF PROTEST
WITHOUT RESORTING TO
VIOLENCE !
AN ARDENT VOTARY OF TRUTH
AND NON-VIOLENCE, DR. KING WAS
A ORATOR AND 'I HAVE A DREAM'
IS PRECISELY A TESTAMENT TO HIS
ERUDITION, FAITH AND HOPE !
5O YEARS GONE BY AND RACE IS
STILL ROOTED IN AMERICAN
PSYCHE,HOWSOEVER ITS EXTANT AS
WELL AS CONSEQUENCE ARE QUITE
SMALLER THAN WHAT IT WAS HALF
A CENTURY AGO !
TODAY DR. KING WOULD HAVE
SOME CHEERS TO SEE A FELLOW
BLACK OCCUPYING THE HIGHEST
CHAIR OF THE LAND !
STILL THERE REMAINS SOME
CURVED PATHS TO BE
STRAIGHTENED, PROUD
MOUNTAINS TO BE BOWED DOWN,
ROUGH LANDS TO BE MADE
PLAINS . . . .et.al !
THERE ARE IN FACT MANY DREAMS
WITHIN A DREAM AND THEIR
REALIZATION IN LETTER AND
SPIRIT SHALL BE THE PRIME
DRIVING FORCE FOR A NATION
PASSING THROUGH SOME OF ITS
TOUGHEST TIMES IN RECENT MEMORY AND SURPRISINGLY
READYING ITSELF UP FOR A STRIKE
AGAINST THE SYRIA OF BASHAR-
AL-ASAD !!
IS REALITY NOT A KIND OF DREAM
TOO ?
A LOUD READING OF THE TEXT OF
'I HAVE A DREAM' SEEMS
REDEMPTIVE OF SORTS !
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
4F, ADARSH NAGAR
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
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