oftheNegro‘slegitimatediscontentwillnotpassuntilthereisaninvigoratingautumnoffreedomandequality。Ni***eensixty－threeisnotanend；butabeginning。AndthosewhohopethattheNegroneededtoblowoffsteamandwillnowbecontentwillhavearudeawakeningifthenationreturnstobusinessasusual。AndtherewillbeneitherrestnortranquilityinAmericauntiltheNegroisgrantedhiscitizenshiprights。Thewhirlwindsofrevoltwillcontinuetoshakethefoundationsofournationuntilthebrightdayofjusticeemerges。

ButthereissomethingthatImustsaytomypeople；whostandonthewarmthresholdwhichleadsintothepalaceofjustice：Intheprocessofgainingourrightfulplace；wemustnotbeguiltyofwrongfuldeeds。Letusnotseektosatisfyourthirstforfreedombydrinkingfromthecupofbitternessandhatred。Wemustforeverconductourstruggleonthehighplaneofdignityanddiscipline。Wemustnotallowourcreativeprotesttodegenerateintophysicalviolence。Againandagain；wemustrisetothemajesticheightsofmeetingphysicalforcewithsoulforce。

ThemarvelousnewmilitancywhichhasengulfedtheNegro***munitymustnotleadustoadistrustofallwhitepeople；formanyofourwhitebrothers；asevidencedbytheirpresenceheretoday；have***etorealizethattheirdestinyistiedupwithourdestiny。Andtheyhave***etorealizethattheirfreedomisinextricablyboundtoourfreedom。

Wecannotwalkalone。

Andaswewalk；wemustmakethepledgethatweshallalwaysmarchahead。

Wecannotturnback。

Therearethosewhoareaskingthedevoteesofcivilrights；〃Whenwillyoubesatisfied？〃WecanneverbesatisfiedaslongastheNegroisthevictimoftheunspeakablehorrorsofpolicebrutality。Wecanneverbesatisfiedaslongasourbodies；heavywiththefatigueoftravel；cannotgainlodginginthemotelsofthehighwaysandthehotelsofthecities。WecannotbesatisfiedaslongasaNegroinMississippicannotvoteandaNegroinNewYorkbelieveshehasnothingforwhichtovote。No；no；wearenotsatisfied；andwewillnotbesatisf