Senator Barack Obama will accept the Democratic nomination for president in Denver, on August 28, 2008. That's the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream†speech.Former King adviser Vincent Harding, professor emeritus at Denver's Iliff School of Theology, speaks with host Ryan Warner about the historical parallels – and differences.
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