One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.īut one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.įive score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. To celebrate King's birthday below is the full text of the historic speech.
The first draft was reportedly the work of his advisers Stanley Levison and Clarence Jones. The iconic words were not written completely by King. His historic "I Have A Dream" speech in Washington, D.C., which came during the height of the American civil rights movement, is remembered even today. The day celebrates the life and work of MLK, who used his powerful words along with methods of civil disobedience and nonviolence to continue pushing the civil rights movement forward. 16, is marked as a federal holiday in the U.S. The birthday of American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., which falls on Jan.
0 kommentar(er)
