经典英文演讲稿

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history asthe greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow westand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree cameas a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had beenseared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak toend the long night of their captivity.