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Show "'Hum lm I' eqegoti Qsmzm iMhMnto loin MrfCh yM wsnlBy In MrtHrt nMI yn rfnwjn In nlstmv ns wn m In (4m Mstncy staadteday, hi Lti RUMctaTIf v later, the life af Hm h still saety crippled MM MNralbM mm a leashr Island af byhe to IN MMst iMn lmr, Mvtrty aaa haadred years later, tha 1 bm awrve cwm aw isa tlia arcMtacts af tkev were signing a a m Ma. m. Mad men as well as white mmh, otwvm MM MMMVMMMMMi WW MMMMMMMMM1 VnMne VY Hill HMtlli MM 1mm af heaptom. fit to ebvious today that America has dsfaaltid aa thee arsmlMorv aata la sa far as lasased af beaaring this sacred obligation, America eck which has caata back ta tEe m We refuse to believe that there eptMrtaatty af this aatlaa. iM , rick af ta cash this check, a check that will give us upea aave atse cnaie a fass hallowed spot to remind America of the flares ergoacy af aaar. This Is aa tkaa ta eaaaas la the luxury af eff ar ta take the tranauilizina drua of aradualism. Now Is and desolate vallev of seareaation to the sualM Bath af racial af radal Injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood; now to the tisae ta make justice a rJHy far ad Gears children. It weald ka fatal far tba aattoa to overlook the urgency of the moment This sarelterlaa summar it the Maaras Isarlkaata dtoceateat eeMi aat aaas cnhi e Is aat aa aa Invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. 1 Nlaeteen to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude aankaatoa M .. . . VT - ' ' I MV WMWIW1MMM TlMra wJM aa aeltfcer rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted TTYVfl MH.1 nMni tke foundations of our nation until the bright day af justice eoaeraes. 1 Bat there an the warm threshold which leads into the palace af justice, la tha are Tessa af galnlag aar ilgatfal place sea aaSallty aff deeds, n Let us not seek to satisfy our tnirst tor fisaaam ay arMNdag fraai taa cap af aitteiaoM aaa ai trad. We our struggle on tne nign plane ot dignity ana discipline, we must aat anew aar creative pretest ta Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights af meeting physical farca wrftk saal farce. J Tha has enauited tha Nearo community must not leaa us ta a distrust ot all wjmta psaala. far many af aar wis hare taday, have come to realiza that their destiny is tied ap artth aar doitiay aaa thay haws coma ta realise by their preseaca freedom is inaxtrkably bound to our freedom. This offense we share maanted to stana the battlements af toaitlcs mast ka that r by a army. We cannot walk alone. II And as are walk, we must make taa pladno that mm shaN always aierch ahead. We back. There ara these who are asking the dewatees of civil rights, "When ami yaa ha satisfied?" Wa can aaver be satisfied Is the elitha af the unspeakable horrars of police brutality. 1 We caa aeaer ivy with fatigee af traval, caanot gain lodging in tha motels of the highways aad the betels af tha cKles. We caaaat ha Isfled as leag as taa Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger aae. 1 Wa caa aaver ha satisfied as leaa as ar taeir sermooa ana roDDea ot tneir atgnity ay signs stating tar whites amy. wa caaaat aa satisfied as long as a Meare la MIssisskMl caaaot vata and a Negro in New York believes be has nothing far which ta vats. Ma, wa are aat satisfied, aad wa arfN aat ha satisfied atM justice rolls down like waters aad rbjhtousness like a mighty stream. 1 I am aat aamladfal that same af yaa aat af axcassive trials and tribulation. Seme of veu have caata fresh from aarraw lall cells. Sams af vaa hava come frem areas where year quest for freedom left you battered by the storms af persecution aad staggered by tha mads af Bailee Ca back brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering, is redemptive. ta Mississippi; ga back ta Alabama; ga back ta Seuth Carolina; go back to Georgia; go back ta LonMane; go back ta tha slams aad ghettos af tha aoitheia dtJas, knowing that somehow this situation can, and will be chaagad. Let as aat wallow to tha valley of despair. 1 Sa I say ta yaa, ury Meads, that evaa theagh we must face the difficulties of taday and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It Is a dream deeply reeted la tha American dream that aae day this nationwill rise up and live aat tha tree moaning af Its creed wa bald these trwths ta ha self evident, that all men ara created equal H hava a dream that ane day on the red hills af Georgia, saas af former slaves aad saas af former will be able to sit down together at the table af brotherhood. 1 1 hava a dream that ana day, even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with tha heat of injustice, sweltering with tha heat of oppression, will be transformed into aa aasis af freedom and Justice H I have a dream my four little children will ane day live in a nation where thay will not be judged by the colar af their skin but by content of their character. I hava a dream taday! 1 I hava a dream that aae day, dawn in Alabama, with Its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with tha wards af interposition aad nullification, that aaa day, right here In Alabama, little black bays and black girls wAl be able ta Jain hands with little white bays and white girls as sisters and brothers have a dream today! X I hava a dream that ana day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and moantala shall be made law, the rough places shall be made plain, and tha crooked places shall be made straight aad tha glory of tha Lard will ha revealed and all flesh shall see it together. 1 This Is our hope. This Is the faith that I go back ta tha south with. J With this faith we will be able to hear out of tha mountain af despair a stana af hope. With this faith we will be able ta transform tha Jangling discards of aar nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. 1 With this faith we will ba able ta wark tagether, to pray together, to straggle together, ta go to Jail tagether, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that wa will ba free one day. This will be tha day when all af Cod's children will be able to sing with now meaning "my country 'tis of thee; sweet land of liberty; of thee I sing; land where my fathers died, land of the pride; from every mountain side, let freedom ring" and if America Is to be a great nation, this must become true. 1 So pilgrim's let freedom ring from tha prodigious hilltops of Mew Hampshire. 1 Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. d Rockies of Let freedom ring from tha heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. 1 Let freedom ring from the Colorado. 1 Let freedom ring from tha curvaceous slopes of California. 1 But not only that. Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain af Georgia. 1 Lot freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. 1 Let freedom ring from every hllland molehill of Mississippi, from every mountainside, let freedom ring. And when we allow freedom to ring, when we let It ring from every village and hamlet, from every state and city, we will be able ta speed ap that day when all of Cod's children black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Catholics and Protestants will be able ta Join haads and ta sing In the wards of the aid Negro spiritual, "Free at last, free at last; thank Cod Almighty, wa are free at last." The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior 1 in a speech before the Lincoln Memorial at the March an Washington, D.C., far Civil Rights 28 August 1963 to slaty-thre- Wears aeaded m bk-aci- I slave-owne- rs I snow-cappe- IHHCAITIMi KtHMIIIWS . |
