Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t have a dream.
I mean no disrespect with that statement, but it’s true.
He had hope.
That distinction is important and one to which I was only recently introduced while coffee potting my way through a research paper for grad school.
Bonny Norton and Farah Kamal write that in his book, Teaching Against the Grain, Roger Simon “draws the distinction between ‘wishes,’ in which there is no possibility for action, and ‘hope,’ in which action becomes central in the fulfillment of desire.”
Dreams are wild fancies and involuntary visions in which, at most, you can only observe yourself participating, but hope is tied to the belief that change is possible—inevitable—through collective and conscious action. To be hopeful is to be expectant… This will happen.
Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t have a dream; he had hope. He took action. It is up to us to ensure that fight against injustice remains a sustainable movement.
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in this video, which is really nice-is one photo of dr. king in his office in front of a picture of ghandi. this photo was used for the granite statue, recently put in place and currently undergoing final touches on the mall in dc.
in this morning’s washington post – an article about the project: ” The 30-foot-8-inch statue of King is the centerpiece of the memorial and is named the ‘Stone of Hope’ – for a line from King’s speech: ‘With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.’ ”
rock solid hope.
Thanks for sharing this, Keith! Hope to get up to DC soon to see it for myself.
Hidy-ho, I just found your blog and am already enthralled and happy to be here. I’ll check back often. Blessings! KS