I
am
happy
to
join
with
you
today
in
what
will
go
down
in
history
as
the
greatest
demonstration
for
freedom
in
the
history
of
our
nation
.
not
unmindful
that
some
of
you
have
come
here
out
of
great
trials
and
tribulations
.
must
say
to
my
people
,
who
stand
on
the
warm
threshold
which
leads
into
the
palace
of
justice
:
in
the
process
of
gaining
our
rightful
place
,
we
mu
say
to
you
today
,
my
friends
,
so
even
though
we
face
the
difficulties
of
today
and
tomorrow
,
I
still
have
a
dream
.
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
,
t
on
the
red
hills
of
Georgia
,
the
sons
of
former
slaves
and
the
sons
of
former
slave
owners
will
be
able
to
sit
even
the
state
of
Mississippi
,
a
state
sweltering
with
the
heat
of
injustice
,
sweltering
with
the
heat
of
oppre
down
in
Alabama
,
with
its
vicious
racists
,
with
its
governor
having
his
lips
dripping
with
the
words
of
“interp
every
valley
shall
be
exalted
,
every
hill
and
mountain
shall
be
made
low
,
the
rough
places
will
be
made
plai
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
conte
today
.
go
back
to
the
South
with
.
sing
.
Word Tree of "I Have a Dream" Speech by Martin Luther King
sing