Chapter 615: I Have a Dream

The Washington Monument is located west of the Capitol.

At this time, the Lincoln Memorial had not yet been built, so the monument became the most "free" place on the National Mall in Washington.

The National Mall was created to create a place to remember American heroes, celebrate freedom, and be a forum for protest and other ways to show freedom.

Today, it's more pompous than ever.

More than 1,000 people gathered here.

These people are here to demonstrate.

Among them were anti-war activists.

As a result of the poor preparation and command of the U.S. Army, many women have lost their husbands, their children have lost their fathers, and some have lost their own brothers.

Although the government has repeatedly emphasized that the dead soldiers who gave their lives for the freedom and strength of the United States are heroes and honorable.

But most people don't think so.

Not to mention that many of the pensions of the dead have not yet been settled, and it is really not a glory to die in a foreign country.

"Peace! Don't war! "The anti-war activists held signs and shouted slogans.

Among them were anarchists.

Under the McKinley government, wealth has become increasingly concentrated in the hands of monopoly capital, most of whom are reluctant to share in the market and improve workers' salaries like Chen Jianqiu.

Life is very difficult for small owners and workers.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance.

Strictly speaking, these people's positions are the most extreme.

They wished McKinley was dead.

These people, dissatisfied with the McKinley government, joined the march.

Of course, the marching procession, more predominantly, was people of color.

Chinese, blacks, Indians, Polynesians who came all the way from Hawaii.

The experience of these ethnic groups in the United States is full of humiliation and blood and tears.

At this moment, they also walked into the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and gathered around the monument.

Chen Jianqiu's podium is set up under the monument.

The security guards of the monument did not dare to say anything when they saw the black-clothed men of the Border Detective Agency of more than 100 people, and obediently let them bring in the materials and equipment.

In this presentation, the latest radio broadcasting technology was used.

Since Tesla tinkered with radio technology, long-range wireless telegraphy has become possible.

But after all, the telegraph only transmits the transformation of written information, not the voice.

Fortunately, Fresenden solved this problem for Chen Jianqiu.

This man was Edison's chief chemist.

But as Edison was swept away by Morgan, Fessenden also defected to Chen Jianqiu with Ford to work on fertilizer in Roswell.

It wasn't until Chen Jianqiu asked Tesla to form a radio research team that Fessenden's resume was sent to his desk.

Chen Jianqiu found out that the father of radio broadcasting was actually under his command.

It's really good to have money.

Fresenden proposed that it was possible to emit a continuous radio wave so that its amplitude changed with the irregular variation of the sound wave (this is modulation).

On the receiving table, these altered radio waves can be selected and reduced to sound waves.

Thus, radio broadcasting was invented.

The disadvantage of thinking is the same as that of radio, both the transmitting and receiving devices are large and clumsy.

Chen Jianqiu is not worried about this matter.

For example, in today's speech, the 169-meter-high stone monument behind him is his big antenna.

The technicians climbed the 50-story iron ladder and connected the antenna.

Therefore, Chen Jianqiu's speech in Washington today was transmitted to New York, Boston, and Philadelphia through the airwaves. And in places with a large number of people, it is received by professionals and then re-released through a loudspeaker.

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Jianqiu's speech officially began.

In front of him, a towering monument was reflected in the wide pool, and around the pool, there was a sea of people, and their faces were full of anticipation.

"A great man who founded this country 100 years ago, and when he and his companions drafted the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they made a promise to every American in bold words."

"They pledged to give all people the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

"And we are gathered today in front of his monument in the hope that this country will deliver on his promise."

Chen Jianqiu's voice is full of neutrality, even after being amplified through the speaker, there is not much change.

"Not long ago, in a small town on the southwestern edge of the country, racists were once again lit with butcher's knives at the behest of the government."

"We are forced to resist and take up arms to defend our homeland!"

There was a sudden burst of cheers from the crowd below, and then the cheers actually joined together.

And in the House of Representatives on the other side, McKinley, who was listening to the "live broadcast", had already begun to scold his mother in his heart.

This is a matter of not talking about the Chinese troops attacking all the way to Austin, and only talking about the National Guard's bombardment of the Chinese strongholds.

Obviously, after several battles, more whites died than Chinese, so why do you have to say that you are a victim?

On the other hand, Chen Jianqiu began to rummage through the old accounts:

"In the last few decades, this country has never lived up to equality and freedom."

"How many Indians have been forced to leave their homes, driven into so-called reservations, and then silently died in their homeland; How many blacks, after the Civil War, thought they would be able to get a decent job in the city, only to find that they were not allowed to stay in hotels because of the color of their skin? ”

"It's not that we don't trust all white people. For many of our white brethren have come to realize that their fate is inextricably linked to ours, as evidenced by their participation in the march today; Their freedom is inextricably linked to ours. We can't go it alone! ”

"We are here today to remind those who are trying to persecute us again that our struggle will not stop as long as those who are trying to harm us remain!"

"We love peace, but we are not afraid of death! But as long as the oppression exists, the resistance will not stop for a day! ”

Chen Jianqiu's words were loud.

There was another orgasm in the crowd.

But Chen Jianqiu's tone became more and more excited.

Friends, today I say to you that in the present and in the future, despite all the difficulties and setbacks we have suffered, I still have a dream. This dream is deeply rooted in the American dream."

I dream that one day this nation will stand up and truly live up to the true meaning of its creed: "We believe these truths to be self-evident – that all men are created equal."

I dream that one day my children will live in a kingdom where they will be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the quality of their character."

"I have a dream!"

Chen Jianqiu was already familiar with the speech of the great black pastor Martin Luther King, Jr.

This is an epic speech, and the sentences hit the hearts of everyone in the audience like a sea of sentences.

It is very suitable to be used.

Chen Jianqiu doesn't mind being a "copyist".

As for how Mr. King will speak in front of the Lincoln Memorial in the West, which is still empty, a few decades from now, he doesn't care.

Say someone else's lines so that others have nothing to say.

Believing in Mr. King's wisdom, he will surely have a brand new and equally inspiring speech.

Perhaps, by then, the problem has been solved, and Mr. Kim will no longer have to run around for the freedom of black people?

If America is to be a great nation, this dream must come true. Let the voice of freedom ring from the majestic peaks of New Hampshire! Let the voice of freedom be heard from the mountains of New York State! Let the Voice of Freedom sound from the summit of Mount Allegheny, Pennsylvania! ”

As Chen Jianqiu's speech ended, whistles, cheers and warm applause rang out at the scene; And in the House of Representatives, there were also people who stood up and applauded.

It's just that McKinley's face was very, very, very ugly, as if he had been choked by the neck.