The sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together

at the table of brotherhood I have a dream of one day, even the state of Mississippi

or state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, be

transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream. My poor little children,

one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by

the content of their character. I have a dream.

Wow, what a powerful clip. I mean, just a powerful speech. Happy MLK Day, a day in the

state dedicated to the memory of the life and the cause of one of America's great leaders

towards justice and equality for all Americans. His influence, of course, has spread far beyond

America too. Behind a microphone and standing in front of a crowd, Martin Luther King Jr.'s

gifts came alive. He stirred millions with his voice, inspiring through eloquent words

and living illustrations. All of those gifts are on display in his iconic. I have a dream

speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in DC on August 28, 1963. Pastor John, I know

you have been thinking a lot about King, King the preacher, particularly. I'd love for

you to share with us on this MLK Day, some of your thoughts of what's on your mind.

Tony, I'm teaching a class on preaching, which I love doing right now. And as I've been

pondering whom these young man should listen to for models of preaching, it struck me

that Martin Luther King Jr. and Billy Graham are probably the two most powerful preachers

of the second half of the 20th century. And maybe we could say the whole 20th century. Billy

Graham was riveting to listen to with a kind of directness and decisiveness and simplicity

and authority that could hold 20th century people from 1949 to 2009 spellbound for 45 minutes

in crowds of 50,000 or up to a million in Seoul, Korea. Absolutely incredible what force

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