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By Bill Kirby, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.
Aug. 29--It was another time.
It was Aug. 28, 1963, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s time as he delivered the most profound speech of his life.
He had a dream.
He shared it with thousands upon thousands upon thousands from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in the nation's capital.
"Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado," he said.
Thursday, near those same mountains, Barack Obama, at age 47, realized much of the late civil rights leader's dream, as well as his own, by officially becoming the first minority to earn the bid for this land's highest office.
Here, the black community rejoiced.
Hundreds gathered at MLK Park, where Kenneth Capel re-enacted King's "I Have A Dream" speech.
Across town, at MarketFair Mall, Stephon Ferguson breathed life into King's speech, which is revered by so many, no matter the color of their skin.
'I have a dream'
"I remember 45 years ago as a teenager," said Dr. Allen S. McLauchlin, 60, pastor at New Life Bible Church. "We didn't know quite what it was, but we knew something was going on."
King called for social justice.
He called for non-violence.
He called for the end of racial... Read the Full Story
Aug. 29--It was another time.
It was Aug. 28, 1963, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s time as he delivered the most profound speech of his life.
He had a dream.
He shared it with thousands upon thousands upon thousands from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in the nation's capital.
"Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado," he said.
Thursday, near those same mountains, Barack Obama, at age 47, realized much of the late civil rights leader's dream, as well as his own, by officially becoming the first minority to earn the bid for this land's highest office.
Here, the black community rejoiced.
Hundreds gathered at MLK Park, where Kenneth Capel re-enacted King's "I Have A Dream" speech.
Across town, at MarketFair Mall, Stephon Ferguson breathed life into King's speech, which is revered by so many, no matter the color of their skin.
'I have a dream'
"I remember 45 years ago as a teenager," said Dr. Allen S. McLauchlin, 60, pastor at New Life Bible Church. "We didn't know quite what it was, but we knew something was going on."
King called for social justice.
He called for non-violence.
He called for the end of racial... Read the Full Story
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