Page 2, Portland O bserver, Janu ary 13, 1988, Section II The Dream I H ave a D re a m It was on August 28, 1963, that Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his electrifying "I have a dream" speech. It concluded the March on Washington. f This is our hope. This is the fa ith th a t I go back to the S o uth w ith . W ith th is fa ith w e w ill be able to hew o u t o f the o back to M ississippi, go back to Alabam a, go back to S outh Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Loui- siana, go back to th e slum s and gh e tto s o f our N o rth m ou n ta in o f despair a stone o f hope. W ith th is fa ith w e w ill be able to tra n sfo rm the jangling discord o f o u r n a tio n in to a ern cities, know in g th a t so m e h o w th is situatio n can and w ill be b e a u tifu l sym phon y o f b ro th e rh o o d . W ith th is fa ith w e w ill be changed. Let us not w a llo w in the valley o f despair. I say to you today, m y frie n d , so even th o u g h w e face the d iffic u ltie s o f to d a y and to m o rro w , I still have a dream . able to w o rk to g e th e r, to pray to g e th e r, to stru g g le to g e th e r, to go to jail to g e th e r, to stand up fo r freedom to g e th e r, kn o w in g It is a th a t w e w ill be free one day. This w ill be the day . . . . This w ill be th e day w h e n all o f dream deeply rooted in the A m erican dream . I have a dream th a t one day this nation w ill rise up and live G od's children w ill be able to sing w ith new m eaning, " M y o u t the true m eaning o f its creed: "W e hold these tru th s to be c o u n try 'tis o f thee, sw eet land o f liberty, o f thee I sing. self-evid ent; th a t all men are created e q u a l.” I have a dream th a t one day on the red hills o f Georgia the sons o f form er slaves and the sons o f fo rm e r slave ow ners w ill Land w h ere m y fath ers died, laqd o f the pilgrim s pride, fro m every m ountainside , let freedom ring, and if A m erica is to be a great nation — th is m ust becom e true. So, let freedom ring — fro m the pro d ig io u s h illto p s o f be able to sit dow n to g e th e r at the table o f brotherhood ; I have a dream . . . N ew Ham pshire, let freedom ring; fro m th e m ig h ty m ou n ta in s o f N ew York, let freedom ring; fro m the h e ig htening A lleghenies T ha t one day even the state o f M ississippi, a state sw e lte r ing w ith the heat o f injustice, sw eltering w ith the heat o f o pp re s sion, w ill be tran sform ed in to an oasis o f freedom and justice; o f Pennsylvania! Let freedom I have a dream . . . T h a t m y fo u r little ch ild re n w ill one day live in a natio n w h ere they w ill not be ju dged by the co lor o f their skin but the C olorado! Let freedom ring fro m the curvaceous slopes o f C alifornia! co n te n t o f their character; I have a dream to d a y . . . I have a dream th a t one day, d o w n in Alabam a, w ith its o f Georgia! — Let freedom ring fro m Loo ko u t M o untain o f Tennessee. Let freedom ring fro m every hill and m ole hill o f M ississippi. ring But not o n ly th a t: vicious racists, w ith its go ve rn o r having his lips dripp ing w ith the w o rd s o f in terpo sition and n u llifica tio n , one day rig h t there in fro m the snow capped Rockies Let freedom ring fro m S tone M o u n ta in From every m ountainside , let freedom ring, and w h en th is happens. . . W hen w e a llow freedom to ring, w h en w e let it ring fro m A labam a little black boys and black girls w ill be able to join hands w ith the little w h ite boys and w h ite girls as sisters and every village and every ham let, fro m every state and every city, brothers; I have a dream to d a y . . . I have a dream th a t one day every valley shall be exalted, w e w ill be able to speed up th a t day w h en all o f G od's children, black men and w h ite m en, Je w s and G entiles, P rotestants and every hill and m ountain shall be made lo w , the rough places w ill be made plain and crooked places w ill be made straight, C atholics, w ill be able to join hands and sing in the w o rd s o f the old Negro spiritual, "F ree at last! and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall Free at last! Thank God a lm ig h ty, w e are free at la s ti" see it to g e th e r. In observance of MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY “ 1 V y onviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions o f our time; the need fo r man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. M an must evolve fo r all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation o f such a method is love.” Martin Luther King, Jr. I still have a dream today that one day the industries o f Appalachia will be revitalized, and the empty stomachs o f Mississippi will be filled, and brotherhood will be more than a fe w words at the end o f a prayer, but rather the first order o f business on every legislative agenda. Martin Luther King, Jr. — 1968 BANK KNOW S "Member of FDIC" "Equal Opportunity Employer' I UT»? ÎÆï» *** V» ♦ îiBK* of