Were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall Words of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent So we have come here today to dramatize the shamefulĬheck. In the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing One hundred years later, the NegroĪ lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and theĬhains of discrimination. Joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. Had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. This momentous decreeĬame as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who Stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Great American, in whose symbolic shadow we Greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Today in what will go down in history as the Source: Martin Luther King, Jr: The Peaceful Warrior. [Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial The struggle wouldn't end, but the words of King, echoing long after his death in 1968, would help King's dream stay alive. The audience, part of a demonstration that descended on Washington demanding voting rights, economic opportunity and an end to segregation, was filled with optimism that the world would abandon discrimination and finally live in harmony. Overlooking the reflecting pool from the Linclon memorial that hot Wednesday in August 1963, Martin Luther King spoke to a crowd of 200,000 and announced to the world he had a dream. If you don't have Audio capabilities please read (Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963) "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted." University of Hawai'i Maui Community College Speech Department
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