第6章 I Have a Dream (1)(2 / 3)

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

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

dream

that

one

day

every

valley

shall

be

exalted,and

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,and

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

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.

And

this

will

be

the

day-this

will

be

the

day

when

all

of

God’s

children

will

be

able

to

sing

with

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

true.

And

so

let

freedom

ring

from

the

prodigious

hilltops