seeks to elevate us morally. talk about the good samaritan and then talk about law enforcement. we want our police officers to be good samaritans. that s their job. you see what i m saying? let take the religious tradition and apply it but let s reclaim the real essence of it. i believe we must reclaim the essence of the ideas of our tradition as americans. this country has not always lived up to its ideals, but cannon professor john meacham will tell us in the declaration of independence, in the getty sburg address, in king s, i have a dream and on and on and on, we have ideals that most of us will share. we learned i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, i divisionible with liberty and justice for all.
pain, his dream was as well, perhaps most often quoted line is, i have a dream, that my 4 little children will one day live in a nation where they will be not judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character, that was his dream on a summer day in 1963, we should ask ourselves why was that dream even necessary, why would a father of 4 children have to dream that his children would be judged on character, rather than race. why would a man need to dream of being able to vote or dream of his children holding hands with white children or dream of education and justice, why was the dream necessary? when we read the speech, we see why it was necessary, and read the rest of the speech we see the cruel
led the bus boycott. it lasted 385 days. his home was bombed. the supreme court eventually ruled racial segregation was prohibited on buses. he led the march on washington in 1963 to protest racial discrimination. in the shadow of the lincoln memorial, in front of 200,000 people, he uttered the famous words, i have a dream. one year later, the civil rights act was passed. in 1965, civil rights groups marched in an effort to promote equal voting rights. peaceful participants were met with force by state troopers who beat them with sticks, used tear gas and whips on them. the late john lewis was among those beaten on what is known as bloody sunday. two days later, dr. king led a group back to that bridge. those events led to the passage of the voting rights act of
now back to one nation. brian: february is black history month, the time to recognize the history of black americans. i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the full meaning of its creed. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all mean are created equal. brian: 1963. the speech during the march on washington famously becoming a milestone in black history. we are free at last.
position troops. i m anita vogel. now back to one nation. brian: february is black history month, the time to recognize the history of black americans. i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the full meaning of its creed. we hold these truths to be self-evident that all mean are created equal. brian: 1963. the speech during the march on washington famously becoming a milestone in black history. we are free at last.