A. Barton Hinkle on the Enduring Legacy of MLK’s “I Have a Dream†Speech
Credit: WilliamMarlow / Foter / CC BY-NC-SAIt was a short speech. It stopped short of
1,600 words – a point at which many public figures who have far
less to say are just getting warmed up. But in that short span of
words, observes A. Barton Hinkle, the Rev. Martin Luther King
packed more power than in all the hate of all the bigots arrayed
against him.