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I Have A Dream
Martin Luther King
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.
Five?score?years?ago,?a?great?American,?in?whose?symbolic?shadow?we?stand?today,?signed?the?Emancipation?Proclamation.?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.?It?came?as?a?joyous?daybreak?to?end?the?long?night?of?their?captivity.
But?one?hundred?years?later,?the?Negro?still?is?not?free.?one?hundred?years?later,?the?life?of?the?Negro?is?still?sadly?crippled?by?the?manacles?of?segregation?and?the?chains?of?discrimination.?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?Negro?is?still?languished?in?the?corners?of?American?society?and?finds?himself?an?exile?in?his?own?land.?And?so?weve?come?here?today?to?dramatize?a?shameful?condition.
In?a?sense?weve?come?to?our?nations?capital?to?cash?a?check.?When?the?architects?of?our?republic?wrote?the?magnificent?words?of?the?Constitution?and?the?Declaration?of?Independence,?they?were?signing?a?promissory?note?to?which?every?American?was?to?fall?heir.?This?note?was?a?promise?that?all?men,?yes,?black?men?as?well?as?white?men,?would?be?guaranteed?the?unalienable?Rights?of?Life,?Liberty?and?the?pursuit?of?Happiness.?It?is?obvious?today?that?America?has?defaulted?on?this?promissory?note,?insofar?as?her?citizens?of?color?are?concerned.?Instead?of?honoring?this?sacred?obligation,?America?has?given?the?Negro?people?a?bad?check,?a?check?which?has?come?back?marked?insufficient?funds.
But?we?refuse?to?believe?that?the?bank?of?justice?is?bankrupt.?We?refuse?to?believe?that?there?are?insufficient?funds?in?the?great?vaults?of?opportunity?of?this?nation.?And?so,?weve?come?to?cash?this?check,?a?check?that?will?give?us?upon?demand?the?riches?of?freedom?and?the?security?of
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