MLK day reminds us of one special speech, one that swells into a cadence about dreams. If King were to re-enact it for 2026, how would it end? It would still only be a dream.
We forget how the event was never about dreams. It was about demands. It began with condemnation, accusation, and indictment. Life and Liberty were not dreams, King said. They were the solemn pledge of the Republic. A check the founders signed and promised to pay. In 1963, African Americans found the bank of freedom had run out of funds.
The March on Washington was meant to be practical, political, organized to pressure power. For a while it did. But somehow, memory has dropped the demand for a dream. Demands call for action. Dreams need sleep.
The March on Washington was never about a dream. It was about a demand, one still not heard.
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