At one point, this address invokes the idea of "soul force" and uses an extended metaphor of a defaulted promissory note and a "check which has come back marked insufficient funds," but argues that "we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.
At one point, this address invokes the idea of "soul force" and uses an extended metaphor of a defaulted promissory note and a "check which has come back marked insufficient funds," but argues that "we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt." This text quotes from the Biblical books of Psalms, Amos, and Isaiah in order, and memorably inverts a line from Richard III by citing "the sweltering summer of discontent." This speech opens by noting that it has been five score years since Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, and concludes with "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" For 10 points, name this speech which includes the phrase "by the content of their character" and was delivered at the Lincoln Memorial by Martin Luther King, Jr.
At one point, this address invokes the idea of "soul force" and uses an extended metaphor of a defaulted promissory note and a "check which has come back marked insufficient funds," but argues that "we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.
"I Have a Dream" speech