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(With all the media attention to King's legacy and uses of the past, a look at King's own views might shed some much needed light.) King observed the rightward turn of the Republican Party in 1964, the intense anti-government polices of Goldwater, and the Radical Right presence at the GOP convention. "It was both unfortunate and disastrous that the Republican Party nominated Barry Goldwater as its candidate for President of the United States," lamented King. But what bothered King more was Goldwater's domestic policies.
On social and economic issues, Mr. *From The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, ed., Clayborne Carson (Time Warner, 1998), 247. World | Americas | 'I have a dream' On 28 August, 1963, Martin Luther King delivered his magnificent "I have a dream speech" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Below is the full text of his speech. I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. But 100 years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. And so we've come here today to dramatize an appalling condition. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of colour are concerned.
Sweltering summer... of discontent We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. Trials and tribulations The dream.