Dreams Quotes
King was speaking from a carefully prepared text which did not include the “I have a dream” passage. Jackson, sitting behind the speakers podium, in a loud stage whisper during a pause in King’s speech. King thought for a second or so, pushed is prepared speech aside, gripped both sides of the podium, and launched into what is now considered the iconic phrase of the March on Washington if not the entire civil rights movement, stimulated by the urging of the great singer.
This was one of Robert Kennedy’s favorite quotes. Though his version is unique, the original idea comes from the book, Back to Methuselah. See George Bernard Shaw. {642128} The great American Scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, had expressed a variant of the idea in {639985} .
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Lawrence of Arabia
He was speaking metaphorically here. Literally dreaming in English is not his requirement. What is required is an outlook, perception, value system, and national identity that is American. Lack of English language proficiency makes that much harder to achieve.
The mental conditioning and brainwashing that was forced upon slaves in the American Chattel Slavery system was a major factor in the poor intellectual, analytical, emotional, and egocentric and moral development of Black slaves.