Did you know that the most famous part of the “I Have a Dream” speech was ad-libbed? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech was originally intended to be only a few minutes long and had been edited and rewritten by the great leader and his advisors several times. The March on Washington of ’63 was a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement with over 250,000 participants and King wanted to get it right. When Dr. King’s confidant and motivational source called out to him during the speech he then began to deliver the famous words that have come to life in present day and will live on for years to come.
King’s advisor described the improvisation “as if some cosmic transcendental force came down and occupied his body.” The force was infinite intelligence invoked by the mastermind of thousands. The “I Have a Dream” portion of the speech disclosed Dr. King’s depth of vision and hope for future achievement. The famous words came from the ether of a collective consciousness that believed without a shadow of a doubt that the dream of glory would come true…and it did.
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