 I think the importance of the I Have a Dream speech is that it held up to America, its declaration of independence and its constitution, and showed the hypocrisy of what it said it stood for and what was in reality the situation of the African-American community. That was the genius of that speech. The other part of that speech that was very important, it answered the question for many whites in this country, what do the Negroes want, that's the way they put it. And he said, I have a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. So he said, I want what you want, that is where we should be. And I think that was the importance of the speech.