Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. We know the familiar refrain from his speech delivered 50 years ago today in Washington D.C.
The speech lives in American lore like few others. If there were a Mount Rushmore of speeches, it would likely join Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, FDR's speech to Congress after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and JFK's inauguration speech as the most heralded and familiar in American history.
But has the dream come true?
We have an African American President. We've had African-American cabinet members, Supreme Court Justices, Oscar winners, Nobel Peace Prize winners, star athletes, astronauts, and titans of business. These positions were likely pipe dreams for those participating in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on that historic day 50 years ago.
For many, Dr. King's dream has come true.
Unfortunately for many more, the dream has not come true.
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