Le 4 avril 1968, Martin Luther King est assassiné à Memphis
Le célèbre discours de Martin Luther King « I have a dream », a été prononcé il y a cinquante ans, soit le 28 août 1963, devant le Lincoln Mémorial à Washington durant la marche pour l'emploi et la liberté. En voici un extrait :
“And 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.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition “and "nullification” — one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; “and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.”
Il y a quarante-cinq ans aujourd’hui, soit le 4 avril 1968, le pasteur Martin Luther King est assassiné à Memphis. Un peu plus de quarante ans plus tard, soit le 20 janvier 2009, Barack Obama devient le premier président de race noire de l’histoire des États-Unis…la preuve tangible qu’un rêve auquel croit profondément un homme ou une femme de conviction et d’intégrité peut se réaliser…même au Québec !
quebechebdo 4 avril 2013
vigile.net tribune libre 4 avril 2013
Henri Marineau
