Answer:
A. the experience of enslaved Africans before the Emancipation Proclamation
Explanation:
"Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, 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 their captivity."
The people to whom the speaker is most closely referring to with the phrase "withering injustice" in the passage is:
According to the complete text, the narrator talks about the great occasion where the Emancipation Proclamation was signed and how it gave the Negro slaves hopes in the face of the injustice they faced.
As a result of this, we can see that the speaker is directly referring to the enslaved Africans who worked and were treated as slaves and had no rights in America before the Emancipation Declaration
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