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I've Been to the Mountaintop: The Text

    I've Been to the Mountaintop: The Text

      Just a quick note before you click: as you're reading the speech, when you see italicized stuff in parentheses (like this), it's something the audience is saying, not Dr. King. When you see italicized stuff in brackets [like this], it's something the audience is doing, like clapping. Which they should. It's a good speech.

      Now grab a canteen and put on your hiking boots: it's time to go to the mountaintop.