“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 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!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”
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I have goosebumps
Krista, me too! I love this speech so much. I love his voice as he speaks it. I would love to talk to him.
“With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.” What beautiful words to live by – Martin Luther King encouraged each one of us, in our own corner of the world, to do whatever we can to make a difference in the larger community. Thank you for sharing this with us, Trish.
Amen to that. I love it too. Thanks for reading.
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