MLK 45 years later

Today is the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. On August 28, 1963, right here in DC, MLK gave that amazing speech so (thanks to the glory of YouTube ... seriously, what did we do before YouTube! ;) I rewatched the full speech today.

Just amazing... the cadence of MLK's voice, the poetry of his words, his messages about non-violence... just amazing:

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

And I love that, watching a grainy YouTube video, 45 years later, I still got chills when he proclaimed:

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.