YPBlogSpot would like to pay homage and thank Dr. King for his dream and influence on the progress of the American Civil Rights Movement which has enabled many Americans such as YPs the opportunity to reach their potential. Thank you Dr. King for your sacrifice, service and hard work in making the future for our children a more prosperous, with no limits to their success. Happy Birthday to Dr. King! I have posted Dr. King’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech in case there is anyone that has yet to read it in it’s entirety. Enjoy YPs, pay homage and do your part to ensure that Dr. King’s dream never dies and continues to come become a reality!
“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. [Applause]
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand 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 captivity.
But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still 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 languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition.
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