“LET US NOT WALLOW IN THE VALLEY OF DESPAIR, I SAY TO YOU TODAY, MY FRIENDS.
AND 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
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 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
COLOUR OF THEIR SKIN BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER.
”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!”

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