Is Dr. King’s Dream Fulfilled?
CNN has a poll which says that two-thirds of African-Americans who participated feel that believe Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for race relations will been fulfilled when Barack Obama is sworn in as President on tomorrow. According to CNN, the poll found 69 percent of blacks said King’s vision has been fulfilled in the more than 45 years since his 1963 “I have a dream” speech — roughly double the 34 percent who agreed with that assessment in a similar poll taken last March. The interesting thing about this poll is that whites had an opposite reaction to the question. Forty-six percent of them thought the dream had been fulfilled, up from 35 percent last March.
While I feel race relations have drastically improved over the last 40+ years, there’s still some work to be done. The dream is being realized and we should be excited about the historic event that will take place tomorrow. But let’s not lose site of the work ahead of us. Dr. King’s dream was about more than putting black people in high ranking positions. We’re on our way and the future looks bright. Let’s do what we can to move closer to fulfilling Dr. King’s dream for our generation and those to follow.
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Tue, 20th Jan 2009 6:27 am
It has been a long journey for improvements on civil rights and equality, and with Obama being sworn in, the civil rights movement have come full circle since the “I have a dream speech”. I hope Obama can concentrate on increasing jobs, advancing education, and the decreasing of our dependence on fossil fuels.
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