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Martin Luther King: Waiting on His Dream ellisconversations's podcast
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EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, the hosts discuss why Martin Luther King should not be limited by a selection of words from the “I Have a Dream” speech delivered in 1963, and how he pointed out the failings of America, confronted those in power, and challenged them to make that dream a reality.
A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE
If you look at the "I Have a Dream "speech, and you don't look at that one line, but you look at what he said about the state of Black America and how black Americans were shackled in their own country, then you get a better sense of how he was confronting America and his treatment of a large segment of the population.
A great starting point to understand that when Martin Luther King Jr. says non-violent, he's confronting a system of American apartheid that is making second-class citizens.
America's a violent nation. It was born of violence. It was maintained by violence in the form of a civil war, and it's held together through violence. Martin Luther King was a revolutionary and his revolution wasn't premised on having more guns. To download the transcript, CLICK HERE
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE MLK NBC Interview 11 months before his assassination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xsbt3a7K-8
Letter From Birmingham Jail
https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
Homestead Act of 1862
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/civil_war/Homestead_Act.htm#:~:text=To%20help%20develop%20the%20American,western%20land%20to%20individual%20settlers
https://www.aaihs.org/race-reconstruction/#:~:text=Since%20the%20Homestead%20Act%20was,and%20immigrant%20%E2%80%93%20profited%20from%20it.
I Have A Dream Speech Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
I Have A Dream Speech Transcript
https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety
Frontline Transcript February 10, 1998
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/race/etc/script.html
Washington Post Story on passage of King Day
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/articles/solemn_senate_votes_for_national_holiday.html
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EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, the hosts discuss why Martin Luther King should not be limited by a selection of words from the “I Have a Dream” speech delivered in 1963, and how he pointed out the failings of America, confronted those in power, and challenged them to make that dream a reality.
A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE
If you look at the "I Have a Dream "speech, and you don't look at that one line, but you look at what he said about the state of Black America and how black Americans were shackled in their own country, then you get a better sense of how he was confronting America and his treatment of a large segment of the population.
A great starting point to understand that when Martin Luther King Jr. says non-violent, he's confronting a system of American apartheid that is making second-class citizens.
America's a violent nation. It was born of violence. It was maintained by violence in the form of a civil war, and it's held together through violence. Martin Luther King was a revolutionary and his revolution wasn't premised on having more guns. To download the transcript, CLICK HERE
LINKS IN THIS EPISODE MLK NBC Interview 11 months before his assassination
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xsbt3a7K-8
Letter From Birmingham Jail
https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
Homestead Act of 1862
https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/civil_war/Homestead_Act.htm#:~:text=To%20help%20develop%20the%20American,western%20land%20to%20individual%20settlers
https://www.aaihs.org/race-reconstruction/#:~:text=Since%20the%20Homestead%20Act%20was,and%20immigrant%20%E2%80%93%20profited%20from%20it.
I Have A Dream Speech Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs
I Have A Dream Speech Transcript
https://www.npr.org/2010/01/18/122701268/i-have-a-dream-speech-in-its-entirety
Frontline Transcript February 10, 1998
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/race/etc/script.html
Washington Post Story on passage of King Day
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/articles/solemn_senate_votes_for_national_holiday.html
Follow Ellis Conversations on Twitter
Follow Judge Ronald Ellis on Twitter
Follow Jamil Ellis on Twitter
Follow Jamil Ellis on LinkedIn
Check out Unified Ground
Check out BlackHistoryChatGPT
OTHER EPISODES OF INTEREST
Affirmative Action: How We Got To Now
John Lewis Voting Rights Act
Role of Protest in Fostering Change
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