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sabreina_'s review
5.0
We all have heard/read "I Have A Dream" but what I wish people, especially nowadays, would focus on, is MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail. Whenever someone says "yeah but what's happening is not OUR America or something like that, I remind them of this document. To me, it's still actual, it could have been written yesterday, this morning, and that's the scariest part. Hope belongs where the fight is, and where the voices get loud. America hasn't taken a dark turn in the recent years, it has been like this for decades, centuries. May this letter find you, and open your eyes.
kierscrivener's review
5.0
This was incredible full of descriptive speech and metaphors. Dr. King was such and incredible speaker and influencer. I think there is not an error I can place on the entirety of this speech.
Sadly, nearly three score later so much is still to be done and freedom to be grasped.
Below our thoughts while reading:
I funnily, started with the Gettysburg Address by Lincoln and then read this while listening to Hamilton all mentioned by one another in historical order.
"that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Is the emancipation proclamation.
"This is the beacon of light for (those) who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice"
"One hundred years later the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean
of material prosperity."
He improvised much of this. Inspiring, beautiful and true. His metaphors are immaculate!
"It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. " Prophetic words, Dr. King.
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."
"We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of
police brutality. " Saying the same message for 55 years.
"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."
Sadly, nearly three score later so much is still to be done and freedom to be grasped.
Below our thoughts while reading:
I funnily, started with the Gettysburg Address by Lincoln and then read this while listening to Hamilton all mentioned by one another in historical order.
"that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." Is the emancipation proclamation.
"This is the beacon of light for (those) who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice"
"One hundred years later the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean
of material prosperity."
He improvised much of this. Inspiring, beautiful and true. His metaphors are immaculate!
"It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. " Prophetic words, Dr. King.
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."
"We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of
police brutality. " Saying the same message for 55 years.
"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."
beatrizmallow's review
4.0
A small sample of King's writings that make his ideas and his personality very clear. These are important essays that need to be remembered and that in many aspect feel very relevant.
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