Aug 28, 1963 – March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream speech” at Lincoln Memorial
In celebration of this historic event and the ideals it stimulated, we are posting the words to a song written by blues legend and civil rights activist, Mavis Staples. The song was written for the “Beyond the Dream” international sisterhood initiative by the Women’s Federation for World Peace, to build bridges of peace, unity, justice and equality. WFWP-USA Featured Projects, Bridge of Peace
Beyond the Dream
By Mavis Staples
Beyond the dream the world keeps turning
And the sun shines bright on our family tree.
In the shade of the leaves there is a feast of colors,
the table’s spread for everyone beyond the dream.
We drink the clear cool water of justice.
And pass the plate of plenty; share the harvest and the seed.
All of us are seated at the table,
with sisters and brothers beyond the dream.
Will you meet me at the Bridge and cross on over?
Will you sit beside me at the family feast?
I’m tied to you and you to me,
by the roots of our family tree,
beyond the dream.
Beyond the dream a million voices
join a million more in harmony,
and walls fall down and mountains crumble
and we walk our many roads and we walk where we are all free.
Beyond the dream, the world we hope for
is clothed in all the colors only truth can see,
and like the leaves that shade the table beneath our family tree
We’re sisters and brothers,
beyond the dream.
Will you meet me at the bridge and cross on over?
Will you sit beside me at the family feast?
I’m tied to you and you to me,
by the roots of our family tree,
beyond the dream.
Someday soon we are going to make it.
Someday soon. Don’t you want to be there?
Hand in hand, you and me, by the roots of our family tree.
Beyond the Dream
The Race Card Project
The Race Card Project http://theracecardproject.com/ invites you to encapsulate your thoughts on race in one sentence, six words. Here is mine: The Dream; still working on it. – Pastor Heather
