Read and summarize Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech, and explain its connection to the story Cry, the Beloved Country.

The irony of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech is that its most famous passage, the part where he relates his "dream," was actually extemporaneous. However, it is the most relevant part of the speech to Cry, the Beloved Country. King dreamed of a day when the United States would embrace the egalitarian rhetoric of the Declaration of Independence. He went on to say that he dreamed of a future in which race would not confer privilege, and, as he put it:

I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama. . . will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

This message of love and reconciliation offered hope that the United States would one day transcend its racist past. In Cry, the Beloved Country, Arthur Jarvis, a white man committed to racial reconciliation and equality in South Africa, is murdered. The killer, ironically, is Absolom Kumalo, a black youth. The book revolves around the relationship between Stephen Kumalo, the boy's father, and James Jarvis, the father of the victim. The two men reach an understanding and a mutual commitment to achieve racial justice. Their relationship has obvious parallels to King's message of equality and redemption. 
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