January 6 and January 15: These dueling dates are just nine days apart, yet they offer two radically different visions of what the US stands for. Consider the contrasts between King's "I Have a Dream Speech" on August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial and Trump's January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally at the Ellipse. That King speech wasn't considered revolutionary at the time. That's why King's "I Have a Dream" speech is more important than ever. His "I Have a Dream" speech reflected his belief that perpetual racial conflict didn't have to be his country's destiny.

Source: CNN January 15, 2022 23:53 UTC