I have a 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 and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood

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 snow-capped Rockies of Colorado

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California

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

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 live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

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 snow-capped Rockies of Colorado

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California

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

And when this happens when we allow freedom 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 hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

Free at last Free at last