{ry 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}{ed.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and
discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into
physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights
of meeting}{Negro
spiritual, "Free at la}{ 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 equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Ge}{ we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children,
black men and }{
foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice eme}{uld be
guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note
insofar as her citizens of}{le to sing
with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of
thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride,
from every mountainside, let freedom rin}{, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred
years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst
of a vast ocean of material pros}{s
and the hotels of the cities. We cannot b}{of Independence, they were signing a
promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was
a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men}{self an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to}{kening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be
neither rest nor tranquility in America un}{ we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us
upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have
also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency
of now. This is no tim}{let it
ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and}{to my people who stand on the
warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of}{ vote. No, no,
we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls
down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials
and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh fro}{ably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We
cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil
rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfie}{e 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 i}{ was to fall heir. This note was
a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as whit}{ join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro
spiritual, "Free at last! free at la}{his
citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the
foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the
warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of
gaining our rightful pla}{m deeply rooted
in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the
true mean}{otherhood. 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 when all of God's children will be }{xty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that
the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a
rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be
neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Neg}{, would be
guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory n}{ords of the old Negro
spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free
}{ as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had
been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous
daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred year}{ come from areas where your quest for freedom left you
battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of
police brut}{le to join hands with little white
boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill
and mountain 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}{ast!"}{a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be
guaranteed the unalien}{dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of
former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit
down together at the table of brother}{o fall heir. This note was
a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be
guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

It is obvious today that Ameri}{I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the
greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our}{o be self-evident:
that all men are cr}{ last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free}{lums and
ghettos of our northern citi}{l always march ahead. We
cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the }{to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to
take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real
the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and
desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now
is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice
to the }{ion to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now
is the time to lif}{eative suffering.
Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South C}{e can never be satisfied as long
as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police
brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with
the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the }{t be satisfied until justice rolls
down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials
and tribulations. Some of you have come}{I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the
greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we
stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
cam}{ow is the time to make real
the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and
desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now
is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice
to the so}{e who stand on the
warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of}{ drug of gradualism. Now}{will be able to}{ refuse to
believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that
there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this
nation. So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us
upon demand th}{devotees of civil
rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long
as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of pol}{al violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights
of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy
which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of
all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their
presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny }{is tied up
with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is
inextric}{e a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of grea}{y as the
greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in who}{ cannot be satisfied as long as the
Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can
never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their
selfhood and robbed of th}{of the old }{f God's ch}{gnity by signs stating "For Whites Only".
We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and
a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which }{sweltering wit}{ faith we will be able to hew out of the moun}{a has given the Negro people a bad check, a
check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to
believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that
there are}{boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill
and mountain }{k, a
check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse }{the Negro people a bad chec}{land of liberty, of
thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of t}{When
the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the
Constitution and}{t trials
and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells.
Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you
battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of
police brutality. You have been the vete}{ivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred
years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred
years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst
of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the
Negr}{solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a
reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.
This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not}{ow off steam and will now be content will have a
rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be
neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted }{the pilgrim's pride,
from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let
freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom
ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylv}{dren are stripped of their
selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only".
We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and
a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no,
we}{ will have a
rude awakening if the nation re}{freedom to 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 h}{e satisfied as long as the
Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can
never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of thei}{re they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by
the content of their}{taggered by the winds of
police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering.
Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina,
go back to Ge}{very
mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when w}{olate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now
is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice
to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a
reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation t}{land of liberty, of
thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride,
from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let
freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom
ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heigh}{
been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous
daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred
years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred
years later, the Negro l}{ng is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina,
go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and
ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can
and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face t}{I am happy to join with you today in what will go down}{estiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is
inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We
cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil
rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long
as the Negro is}{ is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that
the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a
rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be
neither rest nor tranquility in America un}{ippi, 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 fo}{ is the time to make real
the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and
desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now
is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice
to the }{ead of honoring this
sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad}{ck to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina,
go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the s}{ citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this
sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a
check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to
believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to bel}{I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the
greatest demonstration for freedom in the history o}{o is still languishing in the corners of American s}{rges.

But there is something that I must say to my peopl}{t nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his
citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the
foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the
warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the p}{tion, Americ}{pression, 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 whe}{hty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials
and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail c}{omething that I must say to my people who stand on the
warm threshold which leads into the pa}{eir dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only".
We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and
a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no,
we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied unt}{ who hope that
the Negro needed to bl}{opes of California!

But not only that; let }{not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup
of bitterness and hatre}{And if America is to be a great nation this must become t}{h 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 their character.

I have a}{n 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 their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day,}{ the Negro still is not free. One hundred
years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregation and the ch}{. So let
freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom
ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped R}{ hundred
years later, the Negro lives on a lonely is}{ng Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring f}{ls of the highways
and the hotels of the cities. We}{lmighty, we }{ Independence, they were signing a
promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was
a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be
guaranteed the una}{able to sing
with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of
thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pil}{ of Georgi}{let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it
ring from every village and every hamlet, from eve}{ave a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill
and mountain 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 So}{nd the sons of former slave owners will 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}{e a
rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be
neither res}{ be changed. Let us not wal}{
at last!"}{one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill
and mountain 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}{freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true}{that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of
former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit
down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississ}{e men, would be
guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note
insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this
sacred obliga}{Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every
mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to 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}{es, knowing that somehow this situation can
and will be changed. Let us}{ency of the moment.
This sweltering summer of the Negro's }{oday, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had
been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous
daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later,}{om ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let
freedom ring from }{Protestants and Catholics,
will be able to}{until the Negro is granted his
citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the
foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the
warm threshold which leads into the }{ not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, 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 }{ave
also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency
of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to
take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real
the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark}{ion; 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 dre}{k to the slums and
ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can
and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, 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}{ color are concerned. Instead of honoring this
sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a
check which has come back marked "insu}{ictim of the unspeakable horrors of police
brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with
the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways
and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the
Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can}{"}{
gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup
of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and
discipline. We}{lid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a
reality for }{l 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 when all of God's chi}{ our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is
inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We
cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil
rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be}{ir. This note was
a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, wo}{ nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we
stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had
been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as }{the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom
ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain}{pital to cash a check. When
the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the
Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a
promissory note to which every American}{ the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the
Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can
never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their
selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only".
We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and
a Negro in New York bel}{ives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst
of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the
Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds
himself an exile in his own land. So we have co}{he marvelous new militancy
which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of
all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their
presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up
with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is
inextricably bound to o}{ter, the Negro still is not free. One hundred
years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred
years later, the Negro lives on a lonely}{st! thank God Almig}{ we are free
at }{ 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 brother}{ We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into
physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights
of meeting physica}{freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every
mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we }{ur freedom. We can}{ 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 equal."

I have a dream }{last!"}{legitimate discontent will not
}{missory note
insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Inst}{ty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

It is}{ in histor}{st make the pledge that we shal}{alienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

It is obvious today th}{rom Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every
mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it
ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every
city, we will be able}{
pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that
the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content}{ur 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 their charact}{ 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.
}{to
believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that
there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this
nation. So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us
upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of}{xury of cooling off or to
take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real
the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and
desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now
is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice
to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the ti}{e men, Jews and Gentiles, }{ are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls
down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials
and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells.
}{t our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice
to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a
reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.
This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not
pass until there}{to cash this check - a check that will give us
upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have
also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency
of now. T}{ke real
the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and
desolate valley of segregat}{pe to millions of Negro slaves who had
been seared in the flames of withering injustice.}{st! free at last! thank God Almighty, we ar}{e history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we
stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had}{eat beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had
been seared in the flames of withering injustice. }{ains of discrimination. One hundred
years later, the Negro lives on a lonely isl}{ee at last! thank God Almighty, we are f}{ociety and finds
himself an exile in his own}{ and
desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now
is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice
to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the ti}{g "For Whites Only".
We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and
a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no,
we are not satisfied, and we will no}{nship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the
foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the
warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of
gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.}{r
selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only".
We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and
a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no,
we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls
down like waters and righteousness like a mig}{tice. We have
also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency
of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to
take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real
the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and
des}{ must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into
physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights
of meet}{ieve that
there }{ail together, to stand up for freedom
together, knowing that we will be free one day.}{m narrow jail cells.
Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you
battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of
police br}{n are created equal."

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 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, wi}{I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the
greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbol}{ check, a
check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to
believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that
there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this
nation. So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us
upon }{n the corners of American society and finds
himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to
dramatize a shameful}{gorating autumn of freedom and equality.
Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that
}{he pilgrim's pride,
from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to}{rans of creative suffering.
Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South C}{I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the
greatest demo}{t some of you have come here out of great trials
and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells.
Some of you have come from a}{turns to business as usual. There will be
neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his
citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the
foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say }{ream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill
and mountain shall be}{fficient funds." But we refuse to
believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that
there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this
nation. So we have come }{hood.

I have a dream that one day even the sta}{not walk alone.

As we walk, we must make the pledge tha}{e, 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 ju}{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 equal."

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 be able to sit
down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even t}{piritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty,}{ island of poverty in the midst
of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the
Negro is still languishing i}{a sense we have come to our nation's ca}{ It came as a joyous
daybreak to}{are free
at las}{I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the
greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we
stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
came as a great beacon light of hope t}{n of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every
mountainside, }{ing physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy
which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of
all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their
presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up
with our d}{y in America until the Negro is granted his
citize}{revolt will continue to shake the
foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the
warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of
gaining our rightful place we must }{ic shadow we
stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
came as a great beacon light of ho}{e 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}{is own land. So we have come here today to
dramatize a shameful }{evealed, 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
}{ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every
mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it
ring from every village and e}{eated equal."

I have a }{me to make justice a
reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the n}{ng summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not
pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those}{ote
insofar as her}{ by drinking from the cup
of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever con}{ that somehow this situation can
and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, 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 }{e walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We
cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil
rights, "When will you be satisfied?" W}{ the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a
promissory note t}{f our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we
stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
came}{tied up
with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is
inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We
cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil
rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never}{able rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note
insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this
sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad chec}{our republic wrote the magnificent words of the
Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a
promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was
a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be
guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liber}{here are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this
nation. So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us
upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of jus}{e able to work together, to pray together, to
struggle together, to go to j}{ We can never be satisfied as long
as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horro}{ slaves who had
been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous
daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred
years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One}{iscontent will not
pass until there is an invi}{lace of justice. In the process of
gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup
of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and
discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into
physic}{physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights
of me}{ice.

I have a dream that my four little childre}{ition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little
black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with l}{til the Negro is granted his
citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake}{ of civil
rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long
as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police
brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with
the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways
and the hotels of}{s 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 }{low in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, 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 }{e riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have
also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency
of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to
take the tranquilizing}{highways
and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the
Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can
never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their
selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs statin}{ for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their
presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up
with our destiny. They have come to re}{ped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every
mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow }{gro is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred
years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst
of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the
Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds
himself an e}{ end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred
years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred
years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of povert}{ insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this
nation. So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us
upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have
also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency
of now. This is no time }{tain of despair a
stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling
discords of our nation into a beautifu}{ be satisfied as long
as the Negro is the v}{edom
ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only th}{You have been the veterans of creative suffering.
Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina,
go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and
ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can
and will}{s still languishing in the corners of American society and finds
himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to
dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When
the architects of }{at last!"}{he 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 }{ockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of }{It came as a joyous
daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred
years later}{stice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that
there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity 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 }{hood. 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 when all of God's children will be able to sing
with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet }{ ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let
freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom
ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous sl}{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 }{ration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we
stand t}{ged. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, 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 drea}{y in the midst
of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the
Negro i}{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}{ogether, 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 when all of God's children will be ab}{at America has defaulted on this promissory note
insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this
sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a
check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to
bel}{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 j}{will be
neither rest nor tranquility in America }{I am happy to join with you today in what will go d}{its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of
former slaves and the sons of f}{ white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Cath}{nstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we
stand today, sign}{aters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials
and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells.
Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you
battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of
police brutality. }{n we must rise to the majest}{. Now is the time to make justice a
reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.
This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not
pass until there is an invigorating autumn}{he 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 me}{ands and sing in the words of the old Negro
spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free
at las}{ast! thank God Almighty, we are free
at last!}{his is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to
take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real
the promises of d}{ America of the fierce urgency
of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to
take the }{white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics,
will be able to join hands and sing in the words }{ true. So let
freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom
ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous sl}{ satisfied as long
as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police
brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with
the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highway}{people who stand on the
warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of
gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup
of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and
discipline.}{
We cannot be satisfied as long as a }{ 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 today.

I have a d}{ and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and
discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into
physical violence. Again and again }{ain, 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 w}{ 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 littl}{

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing
with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet }{ipping 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 today.

I h}{ice
brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our }{orgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and
ghettos of our northern cities, knowing}{s redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina,
go back to Georgia}{duct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and
discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into
physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights
of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy
which has engulfed }{hty, we are f}{
nation. So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us
upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have
also come to this hallowed spot to remind}{ 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 b}{all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.
This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate d}{ther 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, }{ce we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup
of bitterness}{ldren will be able to sing
with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of
thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride,
from every mountainside, let freedom}{ing for which to vote. No, no,
we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls
down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have }{tening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes}{ieves he has nothing for which to vote. No, no,
we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls
down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials
and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells.
Some of you have}{t we shall always march ahead. We
c}{igned the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had
been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous
daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years la}{solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a
reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.
This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not
pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and eq}{we must rise to the majestic heights
of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy
which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of
all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their
presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up
with}{will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing
with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of
thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride,
from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become}{ation to overlook the urgency of the moment.
This swelteri}{land of poverty in the midst
of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the
Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds
himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to
dramatize a shameful cond}{uality.
Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that
the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a
rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be
neither rest nor tranquilit}{e
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}{to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to
take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to ma}{ca has defaulted on this promissory note
insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this
sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a
check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we}{ fresh from narrow jail cells.
Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you
battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of
police brutality. You have been the vete}{ing 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 n}{m.

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 equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of
former slaves and the sons o}{ail together, to stand up for freedom
together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing
with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of
thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride,
from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

}{tuation can
and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, 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}{have come to realize that their destiny is tied up
with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is
inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We
cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil
rights, "When will you be satisfied?"}{il justice rolls
down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials
and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells.
Some of you have }{rooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord
shall be r}{rocess of
gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup
of bitterness and hatr}{al to cash a check. When
the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the
Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a
promissory note to which every American was t}{teen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that
the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a
rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be
neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his
citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of }{d as long
as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police
brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with
the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways
and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the
N}{e 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 t}{suit of
happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note
insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this
sacred obligation, America has given }{at last! thank God Almighty,}{arolina,
go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and
ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can
and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the}{o, no,
we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls
down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful tha}{ be a great nation this must become true. So let
freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom
ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the}{til the Negro is granted his
citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will c}{k, a
check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to
believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that
there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this}{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 freedo}{these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on t}{ome to realize that their freedom is
inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We
cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees}{own in history as the
greatest demonstration for freedom in th}{he 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 just}{ the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of
op}{ have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill
and mountain shall be mad}{ustice a
reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.
This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not
pass until the}{arolina,
go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and
ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can
and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties
of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It }{ discrimination. One hundred
years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst
of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the
Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds
him}{dged by the color of their skin but by
the content of their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a}{rue meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal."

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 be able to sit
down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a stat}{ality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering.
Continue to work with the faith that unearned sufferi}{ this
nation. So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us
upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We h}{come from areas where your quest for freedom left you
battered by the storms of persecution and s}{o work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go bac}{ty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note
insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this
sacred }{ allow our creative protest to degenerate into
physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights
of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy
which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of
all white people,}{, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and
ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can
and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties
of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a drea}{rans of creative suffering.
Continue to work with the}{Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and
a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to}{ content of their 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 nullificat}{t!"}{demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have
also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency
of now. This is no time to engage in the lu}{ 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 ab}{ot be judged by the color of thei}{ormer slave owners will 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 a}{o overlook t}{ve come to realize that their destiny is tied up
with our destiny. They have c}{e white
boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill
and mountain shall be made low, t}{ittle white
boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that }{opes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountai}{the midst
of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the
Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds
himself an exile in his own land. So we have come }{ steam and will now be content will hav}{ion and the chains of discrimination. One hundred
years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in }{the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of
all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their
presence here today, ha}{olics,
will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro
spiritual, }{se symbolic shadow we
stand today, s}{ 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}{ed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
came as a gr}{
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 br}{ to speed up that day when all of God's children,
black men and whit}{ontinue to shake the
foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the
warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of
gaining our rightful p}{alize that their freedom is}{e to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to
take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. N}{f former slave owners will 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 injustic}{t!"}{ll 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 their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vi}{freedom
together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing
with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of
thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride,
from every mountainside, let freed}{ng from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of Ca}{and of poverty in the midst
of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the
Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds
himself an exile in h}{ing of its creed: "We hold these truths t}{ro is granted his
citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the
foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my }{
heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ri}{o millions of Negro slaves who had
been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous
daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred
years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregat}{,
black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics,
will be able to join hands and sing in the w}{
inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We
cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil
rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long
as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of p}{t!"}{ildren,
black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics,
will be a}{rue. So let
freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let fre}{l, cannot gain lodging in the mote}{to to a larger one. We can
never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their
selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only".
We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and
a Negro in New York believes he has noth}{oday.

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 today.

I}{
never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their
selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only".}{ the
foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is s}{al justice. Now
is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice
to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make j}{shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and
the c}{a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the
true meaning of }{ 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!}{ of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom }{er.

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 wit}{he red hills of Georgia the sons of
former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit
down toge}{g from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every
city, }{egro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghet}{d to blow off steam and will now be content will have a
rude awa}{l force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy
which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of
all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their
presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is }{to vote. No, no,
we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls
down like waters and righteousness lik}{n a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When
the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the
Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a
promissory note to which every American was to fall he}{"Free at last! fr}{he urgency of the moment.
This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not
pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
Nineteen si}{d, as long as our bodies, heavy with
the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways
and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the
Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can
never be satisfied as long as our chil}{ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every
mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it
rin}{ obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note
insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this
sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad}{ we are free
at l}{o which every American was to fall heir. This note was
a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be
guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pur}{g."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let
freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom
ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heighteni}{me to make justice a
reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment.
This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not
pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
Nine}{ they were signing a
promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was
a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be
guaranteed the un}{k to South Carolina,
go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and
ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can
and will be chan}{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 equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of
former slaves a}{n will one day live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by
the content of their character.

I have a dream t}{ physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy
which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of
all white people, for many of our white brothe}{tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real
the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and
desolate valley of segregation to the }{r skin but by
the content of their 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 dr}{ the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police
brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long }{sunlit path of racial justice. Now
is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice
to the solid rock of brotherhood}{emocracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and
desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now
is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice
to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a
reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urg}{e free
at las}{d.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and
discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into
physical violence. Again and agai}{ble to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro
s}{the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a
rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be
neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his
citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the}{e to work together, to pray together, to
struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for }{orgia the sons of
former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will 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}{lification; one day right there in Alabama, little
black boys and black girls will be able t}{ic heights
of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy
which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of
all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their
presence here today, }{at; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every
mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it
ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every
city,}{ Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup
of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and
discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into
physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights
of meeting physical force with soul force. T}{o join hands with little white
boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill
and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and
the crooked places will }{ valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the diff}{obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a
check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to
believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that
t}{very 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,
}{"Free at last! free at l}{Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you
battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of
police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering.
Continue t}{pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that
the Negro needed to blow off}{palace of justice. In the process of
gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup
of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and
discipline. We must not}{ We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with
the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways
and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the
Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can
}{grim's pride,
from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let
freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom
ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcap}{d black girls will be able to join hands with little white
boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill
and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made pl}{cious 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
}{h the words of
interposition and nul}{iculties
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
t}{ells.
Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you
battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of
police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering.
Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering i}{ live in a
nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by
the content of their cha}{I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the
greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whos}{come here out of great trials
and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells.
Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you
battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of
police brutality. You have been the veterans of cr}{never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their
selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only".
We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and
a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. N}{ free at last! thank God A}{as our bodies, heavy with
the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways
and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the
Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can
never be satisfied as long }{s later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred
years later, the life of the Ne}{are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this
nation. So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us
upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have
also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of}{utality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering.
Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina,
go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go bac}{te of Mississippi, a state
sweltering with the heat of injustice, swelter}{ieve that the bank of ju}{lienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this pro}{a joyous
daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred
years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the
manacles of segregation and the chains of}{re is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that
the Negro neede}{e as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had
been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous
daybreak to end the long night of their capt}{ania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom }{ the fierce urgency
of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to
take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real
the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and
desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of raci}{e symbolic shadow we
stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree
came a}{check. When
the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the
Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a
promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was
a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be
guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liber}{bodies, heavy with
the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways
and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the
Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can
never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their
selfhood and robbed of}{s a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro}{eting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy
which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of
all white people, }{ation's capital to cash a check. When
the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the
Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,}{am today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill
and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and
the crooked places will be made s}{uth 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 abl}{t!"}{ check, a
check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to
believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that
there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this
nation. So}{racter.

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 an}{reas where your quest for freedom left you
battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of
police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering.
Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go ba}{lace we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup
of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and
discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into
}{rs, as evidenced by their
presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up
with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is
inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As w}{ faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina,
go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and
ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this si}{m
together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing
with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of
thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of }{lifornia!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From e}{ up for freedom
together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing
with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of
thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride,
from every mountainside, let }{ join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro
spiritual, }{I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the
greatest demonst}{olice
brutality.}{have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When
the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the
Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a
promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was
}{perity. One hundred years later, the
Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds
himself an exile in his own lan}{ their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only".
We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and
a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no,
we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls
down like w}{ree
at las}{ree
at last!"}{traight, 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}{ justice. We have
also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency
of now. This is no time }{rs of police
brutality. We can never be satisfie}{ of freedom and equality.
Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that
the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a
rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There }{as our children are stripped of their
selfhood and robbed of their di}{ 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
interpos}{a!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every
mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to 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 o}{for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their
presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up
with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is
inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As we walk, we mu}{annot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil
rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long
as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police
brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with
the fatigue of trave}{
gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let
us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom}