The Democratic National Convention moves this evening to the 70,000 seat Mile High Stadium for the crowning moment of the week’s events - Barack Obama’s acceptance speech. As noted in the Morning Jane, today is the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I have a Dream” speech. Comparisons to MLK’s speech will figure prominently the coverage of Obama’s remarks tonight, so we thought it would be a good idea to watch MLK’s performance from that momentous August day in Washington to get you ready for your speech watching parties. Watch and learn…
August 30th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Obama’s speech marked the 45th anniversary of MKL’s historic speech not the 40th.