On the eve of the 40th anniversary of King’s “I Have Dream” speech, we examine the importance and relevance of King’s vision. The speech has been recited, rebroadcast, and reused for all kinds of arguments. But what did the original speech mean? What does it mean now? Has the dream been deferred?
Guests:
Drew Hansen, author, “The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation”
Representative John Lewis (D-GA), co-organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and director of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, 1963 - 1968
Johnnie Turner, director, Memphis NAACP and 1963 marcher
Randall Kennedy, professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and author of “Interracial Intimacies: Sex, Marriage, Identity, and Adoption” and “Nigger — The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word”
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