"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 to end the long night of captivity." Martin Luther King, Jr. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. August 28, 1963 This speech was given to A) help free the Negro slaves in the South. B) promote himself in a campaign for president. C) dedicate the newly constructed Lincoln Memorial. D) the need to address injustices still to be righted during the Civil Rights Movement. Eliminate
D. Because Martin Luther King never ran for president, The Lincoln Memorial Was built in 1922, and Negro slaves were already freed because of the thirteenth amendment
D) the need to address injustices still to be righted during the Civil Rights Movement.
Explanation:
"Five score years ago" this is a reference to 100 years ago the emancipation proclamation was signed and to this day America is still suffering from racism and segregation, his way of protesting the events that happend in his time, places and restaurants that were exclusive to some white people, was remembering that eventhough a 100 years had passed, they still had a long road ahead to a free life with no racism or segregation.
