Ok see the guy in the sunglasses a little up and to the right of Dr King in this photo? That’s my dad, fifty years ago, being part of history at the March on Washington.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the original March on Washington, a few links to get our minds moving…
Danny Glover does a beautiful reading of Langston Hughes’ poem “Montage of a Dream Deferred.”
Ever spend time actually thinking about what happens to a dream deferred? In the case of one of our most famous collective dreams, Gary Younge believes that Martin Luther King’s most famous speech has been misremebered.
Check out these 10 slogans that helped to turn dreams into reality and changed the world (not always for the better)
But then sometimes, those dreams start to fall apart. Like that silly fantasy about all Americans having equal rights to vote. Seems the Supreme Court doesn’t feel it’s a right worth protecting. Read a little about what that decision means in the real world.
When do we dream? Often while asleep. Neuroscientist Russell Foster lays out what happens when we sleep and why we need it so much.
Learn how to interpret your own dreams online! (could be total bunk, but hey, you never know…)
And then get Sheri Clyde’s book A Child’s Library of Dreams and help your kids learn how to cope with, learn from and be empowered by their own dreams.
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