so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow i still have a dream it is a dream deeply rooted in the american dream i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created i have a dream that one day on the red hills of georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will they be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood i have a
dream that one day even the state of mississippi a state sweltering with the heat of injustice sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice i have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of that character i have a dream today i have a dream that one day down in alabama with its vicious racists with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and
nullification one day right there in alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers i have a dream [Applause] today i have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted and every hill and mountains shall be made low the rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together this is our hope this is the faith that i go back
to the south with with this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope with this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood with this faith we will be able to work together to pray together to struggle together to go to jail together to stand up for freedom together knowing that we will be free one day this will be the day this will be the day when all of god's children will be able to sing with
new meaning my country tears of thee land of liberty of the icing land where my fathers died land of the pilgrims cried from every mountainside let freedom ring and if america's to be a great nation this must become true so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of new hampshire let freedom reign from the mighty mountains of new york let freedom ring from the heightening alleganies of pennsylvania let freedom ring from the snow-capped rockets of colorado let freedom ring from the crevential slopes of california but not only that let freedom ring from stone mountain of
georgia let freedom ring from look out mountain of tennessee let freedom ring from every hill and mole hill of mississippi from every mountainside let freedom ring and when this happens when will our freedom ring when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet from every state and every city we will be able to speed up that day when all of god's children black men and white men jews and gentiles protestants and catholics will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual free at last free at last
thank god almighty
