{"id":16504,"date":"2025-01-21T11:58:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T17:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=16504"},"modified":"2025-01-21T12:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:00:15","slug":"hear-martin-luther-kings-great-speeches-or-read-and-contemplate-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=16504","title":{"rendered":"Hear Martin Luther King’s great speeches, or read and contemplate them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Decades ago, he had a grand dream for America, high in the sun of a mountaintop, an arc bending toward justice.<\/p>\n

But it’s not lost in the ether of faded memory, like most dreams. Here’s one way to celebrate, comtemplate and be inspired to act from the wisdom, courage and vision of Martin Luther King Jr., on his holiday. (Apologies, this is a day late)<\/p>\n

Fine new editions of many of his greatest speeches from HarperCollins and the King Library. You can get audio books or the texts.<\/p>\n

I Have a Dream<\/em> includes a foreward by Amanda Gorman, America’s youngest-ever poet laureate. Visit here: https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/pages\/mlkjrlibrary<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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