In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington DC led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King we all must consider our part played in making the world better place.

To honor Dr. King and all those who sacrificed their very existence over the centuries it is the responsibility of each and every citizen of the world to improve ourselves, raise our personal standards, set examples for the young, take care of our families and our surroundings and don’t turn a blind eye on wrongdoings. We cannot wait for anyone to do it for us. The lives of our children depend on our performance.

Dr. King delivered the famous 17-minute “I Have a Dream” speech containing the passage below:

“I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.'
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.”

"I Have a Dream" came to be regarded as one of the finest speeches in the history of American oratory. The March, and especially King's speech, helped put civil rights at the top of the political agenda in the United States and facilitated passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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