Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.Īnd the marvelous new militarism which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers have evidenced by their presence here today that they have come to realize that their destiny is part of our destiny. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted citizenship rights. Now is the time to make justice ring out for all of God’s children. Now is the time to change racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.
Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. We all have come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. One hundred years later the Negro is still languishing in the comers of American society and finds himself in exile in his own land. One hundred years later the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.īut one hundred years later the Negro is still not free. This momentous decree came as a great beckoning light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.įive score years ago a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King
“ Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Enjoy our Speeches with big English subtitles and keep your English learning journey.Įnglish Speeches also makes this content available for downloadĭownload this Speech in PDF transcript and/or MP3 audio file: was an American Christian minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Watch this famous Martin Luther King Speech.
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