THE MOST IMPORTANT SPEECH OF THE 20TH CENTURY

BY STEVE DUNN 

Wednesday was the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, or as it was shortened to "The March on Washington."  It was the event where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  gave his "I Have a Dream" speech, whose prophetic words helped launch the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and inspired generations of Americans - black and white - to pursue the dream of racial equality in this country and end the Jim Crow Laws in the South that had embedded racial bigotry in the body politic of America.  I was 12 years old on that day.  Now, 50 years later, I and many Americans consider it to be the most important political event/speech after Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.  I share it with my readers today with the challenge to remember that racism still exists in this nation and until we end it, our nation will never be fully healed .Do we still have a dream? What will it take to make it a reality?  - Steve