I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted (Yes), every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain (Yes), and the crooked places will be made straight (Yes), and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed [cheering], and all flesh shall see it together. (Yes Lord)
This is our hope. (Yes, Yes) This is the faith that I go back to the South with. (Yes) With this faith (My Lord) we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. (Yes, All right) With this faith (Yes) we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation (Yes) into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. (Talk about it) With this faith (Yes, My Lord) we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together (Yes), to stand up for freedom together (Yeah), knowing that we will be free one day. [sustained applause]
This will be the day, this will be the day when all of God’s children (Yes, Yeah) will be able to sing with new meaning: “My country, ‘tis of thee (Yeah, Yes), sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. (Oh yes) Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim’s pride (Yeah), from every mountainside, let freedom ring!” (Yeah)
And if America is to be a great nation (Yes), this must become true. So let freedom ring (Yes, Amen) from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. (Uh-huh) Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. (Yes, all right) Let freedom ring (Yes) from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. (Well) Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. (Yes) But not only that: (No) Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. [cheering] (Yeah, Oh yes, Lord) Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. (Yes) Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. (Yes) From every mountainside (Yeah) [sustained applause], let freedom ring.
And when this happens [applause] (Let it ring, Let it ring), and when we allow freedom ring (Let it ring), when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city (Yes Lord), we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children (Yeah), black men (Yeah) and white men (Yeah), Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics (Yes), will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: “Free at last! (Yes) Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” [enthusiastic applause]
Source:
MLKEC-INP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Estate Collection, In Private Hands
Published in
Clayborne Carson, ed.
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Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's life. We remember his most famous speech, "I have a dream."His dream should be everyone's dream, too. He was very bold, unafraid, and exponentially an outstanding speaker, orator. Let's continue to rally and support his dream to become a reality. That day is coming soon. Our nation is not divided; it is our political leaders that are clouded with pride undermining the hopes of the people of this great country. They never learned anything from the life of Reverend, Dr. Martin Luther King. But that's just them. There are more of us in the Christian community that prays to God to heal our nation if we repent from our wicked ways. He is on the throne. Not worried if Pelosi and Schumer remain in discord with President Trump. We pray for all our leaders whom we give our trust when we elected them. I think about those 30 times they put Dr. Martin Luther King in jail. What could have he'd been thinking, his heart aching for justice and equality? There was no backing down. No fear in his vein. Just love for his brothers and sisters, that's us now. We are the heirs of his legacy to those who continue to support his dream. Another great figure for defending what she believes to be true was Rosa Parks. When I read about how she refused to give up her seat toward the front of a bus to a white male when segregation was written into law made me admire her conviction so much. Had it not been for that righteous disobedience, "Supreme Court could have not found bus segregation to be unconstitutional." Just like Dr. Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks received so many threats and harassment stemming from what they stirred in people's heart. People were actively listening and moving forward. What justice amongst us do you want to fight for? In silence or roar like a lion? Or both! We should encourage ourselves to write to our congressmen, to our senators and let them know that we're watching what they say, do in public. That we're not okay with what they're doing making the American people look like we're naive & ignorant of their hidden agendas. This is what Reverend, Dr.Martin Luther King wanted to happen one day; "that we will be able to transform the jangling discord of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood." Thank You, Reverend, Dr. Martin Luther King for your life. I salute you! |
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