August 28, 2013 is the fifty-year anniversary of Martin Luther King, Junior’s seminal 1963 speech, “I Have a Dream.” Below I offer brief commentary on a few paragraphs from the front half of the speech with the corresponding paragraphs of the back half. This arrangement also highlights what I believe to be the center section(s) where often the most poignant imagery of Christ obtains. So, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary and to remind us all of the best of what American can and should be, I offer this suggested outline and related commentary, with a link to the entire speech. I Have a Dream Delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963 Suggested outline, summary A — The Greatest Demonstration for Freedom B — The Emancipation Proclamation C — An Exile in His Own Land D — Honoring This Sacred Obligation E — Stand on the Warm Threshold which leads into the Palace of Justice F — Our Struggle on the High Plan
Scott Vanatter