Lost Chapters
I Have a Dream: Cobalt Event
The "I Have a Dream" speech was given by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. About 250,000 people took part in the march, and King's address about equality and justice became the best-remembered moment of the day.
- Cost
- 9 crystals
- Type
- Event · Triumph
- Color
- Cobalt (Thinkers & Dreamers)
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Set
- Liberty & Lightning (Set 1)
Triumph
Recover 2. Draw 2. Your characters get +2/+2.
Four words that encapsulated a vision for an entire nation's future, delivered with such power they still echo today.
The real history
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963. A. Philip Randolph, a labor leader, had first conceived the idea in the 1940s, and Bayard Rustin handled the daily planning with a staff of about 200 volunteers. The "Big Six" civil rights leaders behind it were Randolph, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer and John Lewis.
The marchers called for jobs, fair wages and school desegregation, and they backed the civil rights bill then before Congress. An estimated 250,000 people came by plane, train, car and bus, far more than the 100,000 organizers had expected. They gathered at the Washington Monument, marched along the National Mall and joined a program of music, prayers and speeches at the Lincoln Memorial that lasted about three hours. The day passed peacefully, and afterward the march leaders met with President John F. Kennedy at the White House.
King's speech was the highlight. He built it from sermons and speeches he had given over the years, and an adviser, Clarence Jones, suggested a promissory note image for part of it. King finished the written text at 3:30 a.m. that morning. While he was speaking, he set aside the prepared pages and moved into the passage about his dream for the country, a theme he had used in earlier talks. The crowd's response encouraged him to keep going. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act the following year.
Sources
- March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, National Park Service
- I Have a Dream, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University
- Official Program for the March on Washington (1963), National Archives
How the card plays
I Have a Dream costs 9 crystals and is a Legendary Cobalt Event. It has Triumph: Recover 2, draw 2 cards, and your characters get +2/+2.
At 9 crystals it is a late-game card, so treat it as a game-winning turn rather than something to jam on curve. It rewards a wide board: the more characters you have, the more value the +2/+2 gives, and the Recover 2 and two cards help you if the game is close. Martin Luther King Jr. gives your other characters +0/+2 and Protest, so your team survives long enough to cash in. Rosa Parks is a sturdy Protest and Guard blocker that holds the line while you save crystals, and The Gettysburg Address is another Triumph that Recovers 2 if you need an earlier lifeline.
- Playable in decks led by Martin Luther King Jr., Neil Armstrong.
- A Signature card of Martin Luther King Jr.: it costs 1 less while Dr. King leads your deck.
- In the Dr. King starter deck (2 copies). Deck code:
LC2-BAABAQICAQMBBAEFAQYBBwEIAQkCCgILAQwBDQIOAg8BEAIRARICEwIUAhUBFgEXARgBGQEaARsBHAEdAR4B3v4 - In the Armstrong starter deck (1 copy). Deck code:
LC2-AQABAQECAQMBBAEFAQYBBwEIAgkCCgILAQwBDQIOAQ8BEAERARICEwIUARUBFgEXARgBGQEaARsBHAIdAR4BfQK1eQ - A deck holds up to 3 copies of this card.
Questions about I Have a Dream
Where was the I Have a Dream speech given?
King gave it at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963, as part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Was the whole speech written ahead of time?
King finished a written text at 3:30 a.m. that morning, but he later said he set the manuscript aside partway through and spoke freely about his dream, using a refrain he had used in earlier speeches.
Card art
The standard version of I Have a Dream. The Full Art above is a rare version that can appear in packs.
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