— , gobacktoAlabama, gobacktoSouthCarolina, gobacktoGeorgia, gobacktoLouisiana, gobacktotheslumsandghettosofournortherncities, knowingthatsomehowthissituationcanandwillbechanged.
Letusnotwallowinthevalleyofdespair, Isaytoyoutoday, myfriends.
Andsoeventhoughwefacethedifficultiesoftodayandtomorrow, .
Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseupandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed: “Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident, thatallmenarecreatedequal.”
IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgia, thesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslaveownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratthetableofbrotherhood.
IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississippi, astateswelteringwiththeheatofinjustice, swelteringwiththeheatofoppression, willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice.
Ihaveadreamthatmyfourlittlechildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharacter.
Ihaveadreamtoday!
Ihaveadreamthatoneday, downinAlabama, withitsviciousracists, withitsgovernorhavinghislipsdrippingwiththewordsof “interposition” and “nullification” —onedayrightthereinAlabamalittleblackboysandblackgirlswillbeabletojoinhandswithlittlewhiteboysandwhitegirlsassistersandbrothers.
Ihaveadreamtoday!
Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvalleyshallbeexalted, andeveryhillandmountainshallbemadelow, theroughplaceswillbemadeplain, andthecrookedplaceswillbemadestraight; “andthegloryoftheLordshallberevealedandallfleshshallseeittogether.”
Thisisourhope, andthisisthefaiththatIgobacktotheSouthwith.
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