New recording: King’s first ‘I have a dream’ speech found at high school
- Aug 12, 2015
- 1 min read
By Sam Stringer, Ben Brumfield
From CNN
Little else stirred the American soul in the 20th century like four short words cried out across the National Mall in Washington on August 28, 1963 – “I have a dream.”
Before Dr. Martin Luther King’s words echoed throughout Lincoln Memorial, he raised goose bumps inside a segregated school gym in North Carolina.
And just like in Washington, the refrain “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” prompted roars and cheers from the audience of some 1,800 in Rocky Mount.
