Today is a day that reminds of a great tragedy, but also of great hope.
Today is the day when New York and the nation stop for a moment to celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The following speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. was delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. I Have a Dream 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.