第7章我有一个梦想(2)
&foreverductleonthehighplaneofdignityanddise。Wemustnotallorotesttodegeophysiandagairisetothemajesticheightsofmeetingphysicalforcewithsoulforce。ThemarvelousancywhigulfedtheNegroustodistrustofallwhitepeople,formanyofourwhitebrothers,asevideheirpreseoday,haveetorealizethattheirdestihourdestinyandtheirfreedomisiridtoourfreedom。Weot>
Andasemustmakethepledgethatweshallmarchahead。Weotturnback。Thereareththedevoteeshts,“Whenwillyoubesatisfied?”Weeverbesatisfiedaslongasthehevictimoftheunspeakablehorrorsofpolicebrutality。
Weeverbesatisfiedaslongasourbodies,heavywiththefatigueoftravel,otgainlodgielsofthehighwaysaelsofthecities。
&besatisfiedaslongastheNegro’sbasicmobilityisfromasmallerghetterone。
Weeverbesatisfiedaslongasourarestrippedoftheirselfhoodaheirdignitybysignsstating“ForWhitesOnly”。
WeeverbesatisfiedaslongasaNegroinMississippiotvoteandaNegroinNewYorkbelieveshehasnothingforwhichtovote。satisfied,abesatisfieduntiljusticerollsdowersandrighteousystream。
Iamnotunmindfulthatsomeofyouhaveehereoutofgreattrialsandtribulations。Someofyouhaveefreshfromnarrowjaileofyouhaveareaswhereyourquestforfreedomleftyoubatteredbythestormsofpersedstaggeredbythewindsofpolicebrutality。Youhavebeeeraivesuffering。uetoworkwiththefaiththatunearnedsufferiive。
Gobaississippi,gobaa,gobacktoSobacktobacktoLouisiana,gobasaosofouries,knowingthatsomehowthissituationdwillbeged。Letusnotwallowinthevalleyofdespair。
Isaytoyoutoday,myfriends,thatihediffidfrustratio,Istillhaveadream。ItisadreamdeeplyrootedintheAmeridream。
Ihaveadreamthatohisnationwillriseupahetruemeaningofitscreed:“Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident:thatallmeedequal。”
Ihaveadreamthatoheredhillsiathesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslave-ownerswillbeabletositdowableofbrotherhood。
IhaveadreamthatoateofMississippi,adesertstate,swelteringwiththeheatofinjustidoppressioraoanoasisoffreedomandjustice。
Ihaveadreamthatmyfourlittlewillonedayliveinaheywillnotbejudgedbythecoloroftheirskinbutbythetoftheircharacter。
Ihaveadreamtoday。
IhaveadreamthatoeofAlabama,whosegovernor’slipsarepresentlydrippingwiththewordsofiionandnullifi,willbetraoasituatiolebladblackgirlswillbeabletojoinhandswithlittlewhiteboysandwhitegirlsandwalktogetherassistersandbrothers。
Ihaveadreamtoday。
Ihaveadreamthatonedayeveryvalleyshallbeexalted,everyhillandmountainshallbemadelhplaceslain,andthecrookedplaceswillbemadestraight,andthegloryoftheLordshallberevealed,andallfleshshallseeittogether。
Thisisourhope。ThisisthefaithwithwhichIreturh。Withthisfaithwewillbeabletohewoutofthemountainofdespairastohisfaithwewillbeabletotransformthejanglingdiscordsofournationiifulsymphonyofbrotherhood。Withthisfaithwewillbeabletether,tether,tether,togotojailtogether,tostandupfether,knowingthatwewillbefreeoneday。
ThiswillbethedaywhenallofGod’swillbeabletosingwithanewmeaning,“Mytry’tisofthee,sweetlaheeIsing。Lahersdied,landofthepilgrim’spride,fromeverymoufreed。”
Aobeagreatnation,thismustbeetrue。
&freedfrioushilltopsofNeshire。LetfreedfromthemightymountainsofNewYork。LetfreedfromtheheighteningAllegheniesofPennsylvania!
&freedfromthesnoedRockiesofColorado!
&freedfromthecurvaceouspeaksofia!
Butnotonlythat;letfreedfromStoainia!
&freedfromLookoutMountainofTennessee!
&freedfromeveryhillandeverymolehillofMississippi。Fromeverymoufreed。