 | New York Times Staff - 2001 - 1284 pages
...Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and began his "I have a dream" speech with the words: "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose...Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flame of withering injustice." Lerone Bennett... | |
 | Colleen McDannell - 2001 - 492 pages
...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...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.... | |
 | Jeffrey F. Meyer - 2001 - 382 pages
...the other speakers, he connected the event with Lincoln. Not "one hundred years ago" but Fivescore years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow...Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been scarred in the flame of withering injustice. It came... | |
 | Margaret Cleveland - 2001 - 134 pages
...greatest of the twentieth century. As you read, determine what you think made it so great a speech. 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... | |
 | Kevin Reilly, Stephen Kaufman, Angela Bodino - 2003 - 438 pages
...go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Fivescore years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow...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.... | |
 | Joy Hakim - 2003 - 356 pages
...go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Fivescore years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow...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.... | |
 | Daryl Cumber Dance - 2002 - 804 pages
...go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Fivescore years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow...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.... | |
 | Steve Abaroa - 2003 - 53 pages
...note was simple... Please don't let my child participate in any discussion of Martin Luther King Jr. "Five score years ago a great American in whose symbolic...the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree is a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering... | |
 | Charles M. Hubbard - 2003 - 270 pages
...deliver his "I have a Dream" speech, King declared: "Fivescore years ago, a great American, in whose shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been scarred in the flames of withering injustice.'" Lincoln... | |
 | Forrest Church - 2003 - 196 pages
...complete." King too turned the lectern into a pulpit. He opened by echoing Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation." By Lincoln one major step had been taken toward the fulfillment... | |
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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... 
