ieduntil〃justicerollsdownlikewaters；andrighteousnesslikeamightystream。〃

Iamnotunmindfulthatsomeofyouhave***ehereoutofgreattrialsandtribulations。Someofyouhave***efreshfromnarrowjailcells。Andsomeofyouhave***efromareaswhereyourquest－－questforfreedomleftyoubatteredbythestormsofpersecutionandstaggeredbythewindsofpolicebrutality。Youhavebeentheveteransofcreativesuffering。Continuetoworkwiththefaiththatunearnedsufferingisredemptive。GobacktoMississippi；gobacktoAlabama；gobacktoSouthCarolina；gobacktoGeorgia；gobacktoLouisiana；gobacktotheslumsandghettosofournortherncities；knowingthatsomehowthissituationcanandwillbechanged。

Letusnotwallowinthevalleyofdespair；Isaytoyoutoday；myfriends。

Andsoeventhoughwefacethedifficultiesoftodayandtomorrow；Istillhaveadream。ItisadreamdeeplyrootedintheAmericandream。

Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseupandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed：〃Weholdthesetruthstobeself－evident；thatallmenarecreatedequal。〃

IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgia；thesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslaveownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratthetableofbrotherhood。

IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississippi；astateswelteringwiththeheatofinjustice；swelteringwiththeheatofoppression；willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice。

Ihaveadreamthatmyfourlittlechildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharacter。

Ihaveadreamtoday！

Ihaveadreamthatoneday；downinAlabama；withitsviciousracists；withitsgovernorhavinghislipsdrippingwiththewordsof〃interposition〃and〃nullification〃－－onedayrightthereinAlabamalittleblackboysandblackgirlswillbeabletojoinhandswithlittlewhiteboysandwhitegirlsassistersandbrothers。

Ihaveadreamtoday！

Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvalleysh