Over the years that I've lived in the U.S., I've tried to honor the intention of various national holidays. I often fail to do so -- but today was a different matter. My housemates and I spent part of our meeting tonight to reflect on MLK. I was unexpectedly moved by my housemate's reading of the children's book My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Getting a glimpse into MLK ("ML" to his sister) before he became an iconic international figure made that much more sympathetic to his life and the conditions of America 40 years ago.

We then listened to excerpts from his "I have a dream speech". I was hoping that we'd be able to access the entire speech. I quickly found the full text but at first couldn't find the audio of the speech. With a few more rounds of reformulating google searches, I finally did find the complete audio for the speech. Listen to the whole speech when you have a chance -- it's worth 17 minutes of your life!