Cheers erupted from the crowd in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom of his dream of freedom, brotherhood and hope at what he called the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of the nation.
"I have a dream," King said, "that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Let freedom ring!"
King spoke to 200,000 civil rights supporters about President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclaimation and the negros desire to be free, claiming although the Proclaimation was signed 100 years ago, the negro is still not free. King declared that the people would never be satisfied until the negros are free from segregation, discrimination and police brutality.
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