46 Years and Counting: What Happened to the Dream?

By Ruth Hawley-Lowry
Aug 28, 2009
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Forty-six years ago, on Aug. 28, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood and gave the "I Have a Dream" speech [full video below]. And even this sentence reveals one of the fundamental struggles that continues in our nation.

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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