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Celebrities Tweet Lines From Martin Luther King's 'I Have A Dream' Speech In Honor Of MLK Day

When read in order, the tweets compose the late civil rights leader's famous speech.
Celebrities Tweet Lines From Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have A Dream’ Speech In Honor Of MLK Day
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By Sydney Scott · Updated October 26, 2020

Various celebrities came together in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday to share the late civil rights leader’s famous ”I Have A Dream” speech.

By tweeting out sequential lines (so that when put together, each tweet composed the full speech), stars like Chance the Rapper, Kerry Washington, Oprah, Tracee Ellis Ross, and Shonda Rhimes took part in the heartfelt moment.

Follow the hashtag #IHaveADream or read the tweets below.

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#IHaveADream today!

— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) January 16, 2017

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted #IHaveADream

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) January 16, 2017

and every hill and mountain shall be made low, #IHaveADream

— lee daniels (@leedanielsent) January 16, 2017

the rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight #IHaveADream

— Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) January 16, 2017

and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."" #IHaveADream

— COMMON (@common) January 16, 2017

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with. #IHaveADream

— Jennifer Lopez (@JLo) January 16, 2017

With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. #IHaveADream

— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) January 16, 2017

With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. #IHaveADream

— Connie Britton (@conniebritton) January 16, 2017

With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, #IHaveADream

— xoxo, Joanne (@ladygaga) January 16, 2017

knowing that we will be free one day. #IHaveADream

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) January 16, 2017

And this will be the day – this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning: #IHaveADream

— Sean Diddy Combs (@diddy) January 16, 2017

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. #IHaveADream

— Tracee Ellis Ross (@TraceeEllisRoss) January 16, 2017

Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, #IHaveADream

— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) January 16, 2017

From every mountainside, let freedom ring! #IHaveADream

— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) January 16, 2017

These celebs are fearlessly making their voices heard.

TOPICS:  Chance The Rapper Kerry Washington Oprah Winfrey Shonda Rhimes Tracee Ellis Ross
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