2008.198: king's dream

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2008.198

People

Corita Kent (Sister Mary Corita), American (Fort Dodge, Iowa 1918 - 1986 Boston, Massachusetts)

Title

king's dream

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1969

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/328992

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Screen print

Dimensions

57.15 x 29.21 cm (22 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: center right margin: Corita
• (not assigned): Printed text reads: It may get me crucified I may even die but I want it said that he died to make men free-Martin Luther King Divine order radiating from Kinds and Gods // ...A madman has put an end to his life, for I can only call him mad who did it, and yet there has been enough of poison spread in this country during the past years and months, and this poison has had effect on people’s minds. We must face this poison, we must root out this poison, and we must face all the perils that encompass us and face them not madly or badly but rather in the way that our beloved teacher taught us to face them. The first thing to remember now is that no one of us dare misbehave because we are angry. We have to behave like strong and determined people, determined to face all the perils that surround us, determined to carry out the mandate that our great teacher and our great leader has given us, remembering always that if, as I believe, his spirit looks upon us and sees us, nothing would displease his soul as much as to see that we have indulged in any small behavior or any violence-Nehru in a speech given extemporaneously by radio to the people of India on the death by assassination of Gandhi- Jan 30, 1948. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
• inscription: l.l., in graphite: 68-69-70

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Margaret Fisher Fund

Copyright

© Courtesy of the Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Accession Year

2008

Object Number

2008.198

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

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