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you today, my
friends.
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!
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
1 "interposition" (hn tube puh 25 ohn) and "nullification" (nuluh lh KAY shun)
disputed doctrine that a state can reject federal las considered to be violations of its
rights Governor George C. Valace of Alabama used the doctrine to reject federal ov
1. That all men are creat equally
2. One day the races will be
friends, like brothers
3. Freedom and justice in MI
oppression (uh PRES)
n. cruel or unjust treatment
4. His children will not be
discriminated for their skin color
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OPEN ENDED QUESTION
What is the parallel structure in
paragraphs 16-22? What is being
repeated?
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