drenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharacter。Ihaveadreamtoday。

IhaveadreamthatonedaythestateofAlabama；whosegovernor&#39；slipsarepresentlydrippingwiththewordsofinterpositionandnullification；willbetransformedintoasituationwherelittleblackboysandblackgirlswillbeabletojoinhandswithlittlewhiteboysandwhitegirlsandwalktogetherassistersandbrothers。Ihaveadreamtoday。Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvalleyshallbeexalted；everyhillandmountainshallbemadelow；theroughplaceswillbemadeplain；andthecrookedplaceswillbemadestraight；andthegloryoftheLordshallberevealed；andallfleshshallseeittogether。Thisisourhope。ThisisthefaithwithwhichIreturntotheSouth。Withthisfaithwewillbeabletohewoutofthemountainofdespairastoneofhope。Withthisfaithwewillbeabletotransformthejanglingdiscordsofournationintoabeautifulsymphonyofbrotherhood。Withthisfaithwewillbeabletoworktogether；topraytogether；tostruggletogether；togotojailtogether；tostandupforfreedomtogether；knowingthatwewillbefreeoneday。

ThiswillbethedaywhenallofGod&#39；schildrenwillbeabletosingwithanewmeaning；〃；Mycountry；&#39；tisofthee；sweetlandofliberty；oftheeIsing。Landwheremyfathersdied；landofthepilgrim&#39；spride；fromeverymountainside；letfreedomring。〃；AndifAmericaistobeagreatnation；thismustbeetrue。SoletfreedomringfromtheprodigioushilltopsofNewHampshire。LetfreedomringfromthemightymountainsofNewYork。LetfreedomringfromtheheighteningAllegheniesofPennsylvania！LetfreedomringfromthesnowcappedRockiesofColorado！LetfreedomringfromthecurvaceouspeaksofCalifornia！Butnotonlythat；letfreedomringfromStoneMountainofGeorgia！LetfreedomringfromLookoutMountainofTennessee！LetfreedomringfromeveryhillandeverymolehillofMississippi。Fromeverymountainside；letfreedomring。

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