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I Have a Dream Speech
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We are committed to provid­
ing high-quality transit service.
Our focus and commitment to
diversity, equity and inclusion,
as well as creating opportuni­
ties, removes barriers to people
in our community.
I have a dream that one day even the state of
M ississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of
injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppres­
sion, will be transformed into an oasis of free­
dom 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 there 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, 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. "2
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 this will be the 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 Pilgrim's
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 snow-capped Rockies
of Colorado.
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of
California.
But not only that:
Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Geor­
gia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of
Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of
Mississippi.
From every m ountainside, 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!
Join us
We understand the value of
getting people to where they
need to be. Our goal is to have
our workforce mirror the
diversity of our riders.
We hire 14-18 new part-time
drivers every month and are
now hiring operators in sup­
port of the MAX Orange Line
and restoration of service.
Won’t you join us?
To learn more,
High-quality college preparatory education and real work experience
through a Corporate Internship Program.
An affordable choice for your family.
visit trimet.org/careers.
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