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Mon, Jan 16 2012 08:48:38

MLK "I have a dream speech" told in tweets

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech told in tweets.

  1. Martin Luther King - I Have A Dream Speech - August 28, 1963
    sullentoys
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    Thu, Jan 20 2011 20:42:07
  2. ljhoops
    Lou Beierle@ljhoops
    "I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation."
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 07:46:51
  3. _MowanaOrbiso
    Mowana JimenezOrbiso@_MowanaOrbiso
    "Five score years ago, a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation" Martin Luther King Jr.
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 04:05:50
  4. herzy69
    Jeff Herz@herzy69
    This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice
    Fri, Jan 13 2012 14:00:27
  5. ariellejanae
    AYE JAY@ariellejanae
    It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 04:05:50
  6. MsCoody3
    Beautiful~Coody ;)@MsCoody3
    But one hundred years later, the Negro stillisnot free. #MartinLutherKingJr
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 08:09:07
  7. RLBishop
    Rosalyn L. Bishop@RLBishop
    "One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination...."
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 05:18:41
  8. itsPRI_destined
    CaOprah Grindshardt@itsPRI_destined
    One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. -MLK
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 07:35:21
  9. IsaacCoyazo
    Isaac Coyazo@IsaacCoyazo
    "One hundred years later,the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land." MLK
    Sun, Jan 15 2012 23:43:50
  10. paigasuarus_REX
    King Me @paigasuarus_REX
    So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
    Sun, Jan 15 2012 17:15:36
  11. isaaccarmignani
    Isaac Carmignani@isaaccarmignani
    In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. Dr. King
    Sun, Jan 15 2012 22:00:31
  12. ReichleyIns
    Reichley Insurance@ReichleyIns
    When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signin...
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 04:53:12
  13. tragic_pizza
    tragic_pizza@tragic_pizza
    "... they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
    Sun, Jan 15 2012 14:26:45
  14. tragic_pizza
    tragic_pizza@tragic_pizza
    "This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights...
    Sun, Jan 15 2012 14:27:06
  15. tragic_pizza
    tragic_pizza@tragic_pizza
    "... of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
    Sun, Jan 15 2012 14:27:24
  16. historianspeaks
    Stephen G. Hall@historianspeaks
    "It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned." #MLK
    Sun, Jan 15 2012 15:11:05
  17. Butterflyspeaks
    Tamaria@Butterflyspeaks
    "Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check," MLK
    Sun, Jan 15 2012 07:58:25
  18. Butterflyspeaks
    Tamaria@Butterflyspeaks
    "a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."MLK
    Sun, Jan 15 2012 07:58:49
  19. AJHeider
    Adam Heider@AJHeider
    "But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt...
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 08:06:10
  20. camanpour
    Christiane Amanpour@camanpour
    MLK I Have a Dream: “We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.”
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 07:40:25
  21. CRchoosesJOY
    Candace Reese@CRchoosesJOY
    so we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom & security of justice. #LeadershipbyMLK #fb
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 06:02:01
  22. ParsonsGerard
    Eric Gerard Parsons@ParsonsGerard
    We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. ~ MLK Jr.
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 07:44:10
  23. CynthiaChagolla
    Cynthia Chagolla@CynthiaChagolla
    "This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism." #happyMLKday
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 07:22:22
  24. michael_b_moore
    Michael B. Moore@michael_b_moore
    "Now is the time to make real the promises of Democracy". MLK Jr.
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 05:10:05
  25. JoeJaybazz
    Joe Jaybazz@JoeJaybazz
    Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. #Martin Luther King Jr.
    Mon, Jan 16 2012 05:52:29

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