"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Thismomentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames ofwithering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity."Martin Luther King, Jr. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D. C.August 28, 1963This speech was given to