I get what you mean here - that King said a lot of things worth saying that go way beyond that one speech and we should listen to more of them. But as for your literal sentence, I have the speech on my iPod and I actually don’t get tired of hearing it.
One time in highschool I was listening to the radio and someone called in to request “Another Day in Paradise” by Phil Collins for her anniversary with her boyfriend because it was “their song.” The DJ broke his facade momentarily and said, “You know that song is about homelessness, right?”
That’s how I feel when people mention “I have a dream.” Like it’s a pop song and they only know the lyrics to the chorus, and the gloss over stuff like this:
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of “interposition” and “nullification” – one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
“Interposition” and “nullification” are words from the “states’ rights” lexicon. Sadly, several parts of the speech are just as relevant today as they were they day he spoke them.
