thefatigueoftravel;cannotgainlodginginthemotelsofthehighwaysandthehotelsofthecities。WecannotbesatisfiedaslongastheNegro';sbasicmobilityisfromasmallerghettotoalargerone。WecanneverbesatisfiedaslongasaNegroinMississippicannotvoteandaNegroinNewYorkbelieveshehasnothingforwhichtovote。No;no;wearenotsatisfied;andwewillnotbesatisfieduntiljusticerollsdownlikewatersandrighteousnesslikeamightystream。
Iamnotunmindfulthatsomeofyouhaveehereoutofgreattrialsandtribulations。Someofyouhaveefreshfromnarrowcells。Someofyouhaveefromareaswhereyourquestforfreedomleftyoubatteredbythestormsofpersecutionandstaggeredbythewindsofpolicebrutality。Youhavebeentheveteransofcreativesuffering。Continuetoworkwiththefaiththatunearnedsufferingisredemptive。
GobacktoMississippi;gobacktoAlabama;gobacktoGeorgia;gobacktoLouisiana;gobacktotheslumsandghettosofournortherncities;knowingthatsomehowthissituationcanandwillbechanged。Letusnotwallowinthevalleyofdespair。Isaytoyoutoday;myfriends;thatinspiteofthedifficultiesandfrustrationsofthemoment;Istillhaveadream。ItisadreamdeeplyrootedintheAmericandream。
Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseupandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed:〃;Weholdthesetruthstobeself…evident:thatallmenarecreatedequal。〃;IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgiathesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslaveownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratatableofbrotherhood。IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississippi;adesertstate;swelteringwiththeheatofinjusticeandoppression;willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice。Ihaveadreamthatmyfourchildrenwillonedayliveinanationwheretheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythecontentoftheircharac