For only the third time in history, the King holiday will coincide with Inauguration Day.

On August 28, 1963, King stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, looking out onto the diverse crowd of faces stretching back toward the Washington Monument and positing that America had not yet made democracy real for all of her people.

“When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir,” King said. “It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note. … But we refuse to believe the bank of justice is bankrupt.”

Eight years ago in his first inaugural address, Trump called for the end of “American carnage” in his pledge to “Make America Great Again.”   On January 20, 2025 he will give his second inaugural address, to ‘unity, strength and fairness.’  Much like Martin Luther King, Jr. called out for when he said:

“…So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…

This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day…”

 

True freedom comes from our ability to be unwavering in our strength, forever hopeful, and always united in our faith of God’s will.

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