Riehl Life: Village Wisdom for the 21st Century » L.B.J.’s dream. http://www.riehlife.com Creating connections through the arts and across cultures Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:35:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Hi, Honey! I’m Home! …as Civil Rights Dreaming Comes Into Its Own http://www.riehlife.com/2008/08/28/hi-honey-im-home-as-civil-rights-dreaming-comes-into-its-own/ http://www.riehlife.com/2008/08/28/hi-honey-im-home-as-civil-rights-dreaming-comes-into-its-own/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:40:46 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2008/08/28/hi-honey-im-home-as-civil-rights-dreaming-comes-into-its-own/ And, what a homecoming it is…with the athletic olympics ending and the political olympics getting more heightened with the conventions in full gear.

On this day in 1963, 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights rally in Washington, D.C., where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Click here to view and hear on You Tube.

And last night the United States made history by nominating an African-American for the presidency. Click here to read a fine editorial in the NY Times on L.B.J.’s dream, and Obama’s candidancy.

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