“I Have a Dream” - Honouring Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday | Sri Chinmoy Centre

The Sri Chinmoy Centre in New York celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King’s life and birthday on January 14th at the Aspiration-Ground meditation gardens with a song featuring words extracted from Dr. King’s historic 1963 speech and melody by Sri Chinmoy, along with a new piano arrangement. Lyrics: I have a dream. Today, with this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. [Words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.] Sheet music: The “I Have a Dream” song first premiered at a program held at the United Nations in 1977, with Mrs. Coretta Scott King as guest of honor and keynote speaker. Martin Luther King was not just a beacon of light for America. He was and is a world figure who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his efforts to bring about positive change, through non-violent means. In this