We Shall Overcome

I vividly remember Barack Obama at a Lake County Democratic function quoting MLK directly about the arc of the moral universe:

It was, to be sure, not entirely unpredicted. On March 31st, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. preached his final Sunday sermon. "We shall overcome," he said, "because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Four days later, he was murdered. But 40 years later, his dream is more alive than he could have ever imagined. Not only might a black man be president, but at times, many forget to even be surprised by it.

This a beautiful moment in American history.

We Shall Overcome