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1、精品文档Ihaveadream演讲稿原文原版《Ihaveadream!》DeliveredonthestepsattheLincolnMemorialinWashingtonD.C.onAugust28,1963.Source:MartinLutherKing,Jr:ThePeacefulWarrior,PocketBooks,NY1968正文如下:Iamhappytojoinwithyoutodayinwhatwillgodowninhistoryasthegreatestdemonstrationforfreedominthehistoryofournatio
2、n.Fivescoreyearsago,agreatAmerican,inwhosesymbolicshadowwestandtoday,signedtheEmancipationProclamation.ThismomentousdecreecameasagreatbeaconlightofhopetomillionsofNegroslaveswhohadbeensearedintheflamesofwitheringinjustice.Itcameasajoyousdaybreaktoendthelongnightofbadcaptivity.Butonehu
3、ndredyearslater,theNegrostillisnotfree.Onehundredyearslater,thelifeoftheNegroisstillsadlycrippledbythemanaclesofsegregationandthechainsofdiscrimination.Onehundredyears2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创10/10精品文档later,theNegrolivesonalonelyislandofpovertyinthemidstofavastoceanofmaterialprosp
4、erity.Onehundredyearslater,theNegroisstilllanguishedinthecornersofAmericansocietyandfindshimselfanexileinhisownland.Sowe’vecomeheretodaytodramatizeashamefulcondition.Inasensewehavecometoournation'scapitaltocashacheque.WhenthearchitectsofourrepublicwrotethemagnificentwordsoftheConstitu
5、tionandtheDeclarationofIndependence,theyweresigningapromissorynotetowhicheveryAmericanwastofallheir.Thisnotewasapromisethatallmen,yes,blackmenaswellaswhitemen,wouldbeguaranteedtheunalienablerightsoflife,liberty,andthepursuitofhappiness.ItisobvioustodaythatAmericahasdefaultedonthisprom
6、issorynoteinsofarashercitizensofcolorareconcerned.Insteadofhonoringthissacredobligation,AmericahasgiventheNegropeopleabadcheque,achequewhichhascomebackmarked"insufficientfunds".Butwerefusetobelievethatthebankofjusticeisbankrupt.Werefusetobelievethat2016全新精品资料-全新公文范文-全程指导写作–独家原创10/10精品
7、文档thereareinsufficientfundsinthegreatvaultsofopportunityofthisnation.Sowehavecometocashthischeque—achequethatwillgiveusupondemandtherichesoffreedomandthesecurityofjustice.WehavealsocometothishallowedspottoremindAmericaofthefierceurgencyofnow.Thisisnotimetoengageintheluxuryofcoolingoff
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