Martin luther king, I have a dream.

Have a Dream (« Je fais un rêve ») est à la fois le nom du discours le plus célèbre de Martin Luther King et le point d'orgue du Mouvement des droits civiques. Ce discours, prononcé le 28 août 1963, est généralement considéré comme un des plus grands et des plus marquants du xx^e siècle¹. Selon le député américain John Lewis, qui prit également la parole ce jour là au nom du Comité de coordination des étudiants non violents, « En parlant comme il l'a fait, il a éduqué, il a inspiré, il a guidé non pas simplement les gens qui étaient là, mais les gens partout en Amérique ainsi que les générations à venir »².

Ce message d'espoir est célèbre dans le monde entier, bien au-delà des frontières des États-Unis.

Le discours fut prononcé sur les marches du Lincoln Memorial pendant la Marche vers Washington pour le travail et la liberté à Washington DC le28 août 1963. Il illustre clairement le désir de voir à l'avenir les Noirs et les Blancs coexister en harmonie et vivre égaux.

Le titre du discours I Have a Dream vient de son passage le plus connu :

« I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed : “We hold these truths to be self-evident : that all men are created equal.”

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. »

Source : wikipedia.fr

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