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 color of their skin / but by the content of their character / I have a dream today!