{"product_id":"the-american-dream","title":"The American Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMore than sixty years after it was first delivered, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s \"The American Dream\" speaks to us still — a timeless vision of a nation that belongs to everyone, and an invitation to help build it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn June 1961, Dr. King stood before graduating students at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and offered something this country has always needed: hope grounded in truth. Two years before his iconic \"I Have a Dream\" address, he called on all Americans — of every race, background, and belief — to close the gap between democracy's promise and its practice. This beautiful edition pairs that landmark speech with a foreword from Dr. King's grandchild, Yolanda Renee King, who reflects on her grandfather's enduring vision and what it means to carry it forward today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eReaders will take away:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA deeper understanding of the American Dream as a shared promise — one that asks each of us to see our lives as bound up in one another's.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA compassionate framework for recognizing injustice and responding with courage, clarity, and love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr. King's enduring case for nonviolence as the path most worthy of our highest ideals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn invitation to be \"maladjusted\" — to hold on to hope and refuse to accept the world as less than it could be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr. King believed that we are all caught in what he called \"an inescapable network of mutuality.\" What diminishes one of us diminishes all of us — and what lifts one of us lifts all of us. That idea is as true today as it was in 1961.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book is for anyone ready to be part of something bigger than themselves. The dream is still alive, and there is still a place in it for you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Martin Luther King Jr.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45498747322544,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/91bad-nGPkL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785752538","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/the-american-dream","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}