King’s Dream Realized?
What Obama’s candidacy means to the BU community
Click on the slide show above to listen to members of the community recollect MLK’s speech.
Barack Obama’s nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention last week marked a historic moment for the country: the first time an African-American candidate has reached such political heights. The Illinois senator’s acceptance speech before a crowd of nearly 80,000 at Denver’s Invesco Field came 45 years to the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. (GRS’55, Hon.’59) delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech — to a crowd estimated at 250,000 — on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
BU Today spoke to some members of the BU community who remember hearing King’s speech in 1963, asking how it affected their lives and what part of the dream the Obama candidacy represents.
Caleb Daniloff can be reached at cdanilof@bu.edu. Edward A. Brown can be reached at ebrown@bu.edu.
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