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[KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR. 1929-1968.] DILLON, LEO. 1933-2012; AND DIANE DILLON. b.1933. Original pastel, watercolor and ink, I Have A Dream,
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[KING, MARTIN LUTHER, JR. 1929-1968.]
DILLON, LEO. 1933-2012; AND DIANE DILLON. b.1933. Original pastel, watercolor and ink, I Have A Dream, on bristol board, 427 x 414 mm. Matted and framed.
Published: I Have a Dream, dust jacket and title-page (New York: Scholastic Press, 1997).
"I HAVE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP...." On August 28, 1963, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave one of the most important speeches in human history. Delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the historic March on Washington, "I Have A Dream" is "The Gettysburg Address" of the 20th Century. That day Dr. King reaffirmed to the nation the promise of the Founding Fathers that all men are created equal. "And I say to you today my friends, let freedom ring," he declared. "And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, we're free at last!'" Remarkably it was not until 1997 that the famous speech was issued as an illustrated gift book. It was only appropriate that two-time Caldecott Medal winners Leo and Diane Dillon should provide the jacket design that also appeared on the title page. The celebrated husband and wife team were pioneers in the production of multicultural children's books and received the Coretta Scott King Award six times for their extraordinary body of work. Here they majestically depict Dr. King between the spirits of Equality and Justice. This portrait was personally approved by Coretta Scott King for publication.
Published: I Have a Dream, dust jacket and title-page (New York: Scholastic Press, 1997).
"I HAVE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAINTOP...." On August 28, 1963, Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave one of the most important speeches in human history. Delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the historic March on Washington, "I Have A Dream" is "The Gettysburg Address" of the 20th Century. That day Dr. King reaffirmed to the nation the promise of the Founding Fathers that all men are created equal. "And I say to you today my friends, let freedom ring," he declared. "And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, we're free at last!'" Remarkably it was not until 1997 that the famous speech was issued as an illustrated gift book. It was only appropriate that two-time Caldecott Medal winners Leo and Diane Dillon should provide the jacket design that also appeared on the title page. The celebrated husband and wife team were pioneers in the production of multicultural children's books and received the Coretta Scott King Award six times for their extraordinary body of work. Here they majestically depict Dr. King between the spirits of Equality and Justice. This portrait was personally approved by Coretta Scott King for publication.