TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hansen,Drew D.
TI  - The dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the speech that inspired a nation 
SN  - 0060084766
AV  - E185.97.K5 H273 2003
U1  - 323.092 21
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Ecco
KW  - King, Martin Luther,
KW  - Speeches, addresses, etc., American
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Civil rights movements
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - African American civil rights workers
KW  - Baptists
KW  - Clergy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Prologue --; 1; The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom --; 2; Composition --; 3; Sermon --; 4; Prophecy --; 5; Reception, 1963-1968 --; 6; Recovery --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
N2  - 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
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