![]() ![]() No, no, we are not satisfied and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” 3. “We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating 'For Whites Only.' We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. The primary message he conveyed through both his list of dreams and the original speech was one calling for racial justice by way of ending segregation and discrimination. “And I just felt that I wanted to use it here … I used it, and at that point I just turned aside from the manuscript altogether. Smith in an interview on November 29, 1963. “I started out reading the speech, and I read it down to a point … the audience response was wonderful that day … And all of a sudden this thing came to me that … I’d used many times before. He had been making direct references to the American dream in speeches since 1960, and, originally, this wasn’t going to be part of his speech that day in the nation’s capital. King gave his most famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on Augto a crowd of more than 250,000 people. The misuse of Capitalism can also lead to tragic exploitation.” 2. You are prone to judge the success of your profession by the index of your salary and the size of the wheelbase on your automobile, rather than the quality of your service to humanity. “I am afraid that many among you are more concerned about making a living than making a life. King delivered this sermon again at a meeting of the Commission on Ecumenical Mission and Relations in Pittsburgh on June 3, 1958. He also took on the potential dangers of capitalism, and the destructive evil of segregation. As the church’s pastor, King used this unconventional format to draw attention to the widening gap between the country’s moral and spiritual progress, and its scientific and technological development. ![]() On November 4, 1956, King delivered a sermon to the congregation of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama in the form of a fictional letter from the apostle Paul to American Christians of the 1950s. Here are some examples of King's speeches, sermons and lectures, along with their messages. ![]()
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