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Do we still dream the dream?

Do we still dream the dream?

Every year, on Martin Luther King Day, NPR plays Dr. King's 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech from the March on Washington in its entirety. I have made my children listen to it many times. Although we all know the key lines, which will be played over and over on the holiday, it is really worth listening to in full, both for its content, as well as its execution. We clearly have no public figure today with Dr. King's rhetorical skill. One of the

Every year, on Martin Luther King Day, NPR plays Dr. King's 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech from the March on Washington in its entirety. I have made my children listen to it many times. Although we all know the key lines, which will be played over and over on the holiday, it is really worth listening to in full, both for its content, as well as its execution. We clearly have no public figure today with Dr. King's rhetorical skill. One of the things that makes the speech so inspirational today is…