civil rights

I was 30 years old the first time I saw Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.  I wish I had seen it as a child.  I wish everyone could see it as a child.  It should be required viewing in American schools, and it should be part of the fabric of American life.  Here's how it changed mine forever.

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, 49 years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech.  Here's an excerpt from that day.