... from all around the nation (Carson 76). Millions watched the event live on television, observing the wickedness correlated to Southern bigotry. King reminded the audience of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and that even today in the 20th century blacks were still not free (Siebold 146). 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 ...

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