Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
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.
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, 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. 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.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning: My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims' pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.
And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.
Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.
Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
But not only that, let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, and 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.
Mrs. Cortez' MNEMONIC
Let us not wallow in the v____ of despair,
I say to you today, my fr____s.
So even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a _____. It is a _______ deeply rooted in the A______ ______.
I ____ __ ______ ____ one day this _____ will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be ____-______, that all men are created _______.
I ____ __ ______ ____ one day on the red ____ of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the _____ of brotherhood.
I ____ __ ______ ____ one day even the state of M_______, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an ______ of freedom and justice.
I ____ __ ______ ____ my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their _____ but by the content of their ch________.
I ____ __ ______ ____ today.
I ____ __ ______ ____ one day down in A_______ with its vicious racists, with its g________ having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right down in A_______ , little black _____ and ______ ______ will be able to join hands with little wh_____ _____ and ______ ______ as sisters and ______.
I ____ __ ______ today.
I ____ __ ______ ____ one day every v_____ shall be exalted, every hill and m_______ shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made _______, and the glory of ____ _____ shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our h_____. This is the f_____ that I go back to the S_____ with.
DEFINITIONS:
Interposition is a claimed right of a U.S. state to oppose actions of the federal government that the state deems unconstitutional. Interposition was conceived as an action that would be undertaken by states acting jointly.Nullification is an act of an individual state, while interposition was conceived as an action that would be undertaken by states acting jointly.
COOL THING THAT HAPPENED:
12-5-21 The Mass Gospel reading was Luke 3:1-6
Here is Luke 3:4-6
4* as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah:d “A voice of one crying out in the desert:
‘Prepare the way of the Lord,e
make straight his paths.
5Every valley shall be filled
and every mountain and hill shall be made low.
The winding roads shall be made straight,
and the rough ways made smooth,
6and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.’”f
d: [3:4–6] Is 40:3–5.
