Well done Judson. Thanks again.

A reminder to us all in these troubling times that there are no words of shame and blame, no pejorative labelling in King's song and the picture he has painted of his dream. (Nice metaphors BTW).

Also loved the extended metaphor of Atlanta as food for both the body and the soul. Chili dogs and hand cut fries prepared by angels juxtaposed with the shrine-like reverence for the city's prophet as poet for the land.

And to take us along with you on your childhood revisitational anecdotes is the antidote for those who would rather "...delight in the nightmarish past. "

However, the imagery he invoked when he wrote "...its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification..." did remind me of Tim Johnson, Harper Lee's mad dog of racism in her To Kill a Mockingbird.

Best damn novel I ever used to deal with racism and King's speech a treasured resource.