02844cam a2200385 a 4500 124035 20230411085922.0 021112s2003 nyua b 001 0beng 0060084766 9780060084776 9780060084769 0060084774 DLC DLC DLC n-us-dc n-us--- E 185.97.K5 H249d 2003 323 Hansen, Drew D. The dream : Martin Luther King, Jr., and the speech that inspired a nation / Drew D. Hansen. New York : Ecco, c2003. 293 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. The march on Washington for jobs and freedom -- Composition -- Sermon -- Prophecy -- Reception, 1963-1968 -- Recovery. A riveting account of the origins and legacy of "I Have a Dream" Forty years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. electrified the nation when he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. King's prophetic utterances started the long overdue process of changing America's idea of itself. His words would enter the American lexicon, galvanizing the civil rights movement, becoming a touchstone for all that the country might someday achieve. The Dream is the first book about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legendary "I Have a Dream" speech. Opening with an enthralling account of the August day in 1963 that saw 250,000 Americans converge at the March on Washington, The Dream delves into the fascinating and little-known history of King's speech. Hansen explores King's compositional strategies and techniques, and proceeds to a brilliant analysis of the "I Have a Dream" speech itself, examining it on various levels: as a political treatise, a work of poetry, and as a masterfully delivered and improvised sermon bursting with biblical language and imagery. In tracing the legacy of "I Have a Dream" since 1963, The Dream insightfully considers how King's incomparable speech "has slowly remade the American imagination," and led us closer to King's visionary goal of a redeemed America King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. I have a dream. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Oratory. Speeches, addresses, etc., American Washington (D.C.) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.) African Americans Civil rights History 20th century. Civil rights movements United States History 20th century. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. African Americans Biography. African American civil rights workers Biography. Baptists United States Clergy Biography. lcc bk 109309 109309 0 0 lcc 0 0 APT BJB BJB APT 2023-04-11 0 E 185.97.K5 H249d 2003 00000117606 2019-02-17 00:00:00 1 2019-02-17 bk