Does the Grandeur of Dr. King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech Blind Us to His Core Message?

It’s one of the most famous speeches in the world, but most people forget the one thing that made it possible for him to give it.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivering his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, 1963 via Wikimedia Commons

By now lots of people know it was Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson who shouted “Tell them about your dream…