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The United States is starting to live to its true meaning about how this is a country of the free and that everyone is equal with guaranteed rights. President Obama said in his speech celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Our work is not done. And so on this day, in which we celebrate a man and a movement that did so much for this country.” This quote shows how the nation has been changed so much throughout the years, but that there is still work that needs to be accomplished in order to truly be a freed nation. I agree that the nation is already equal and free, but I also believe that there is still work that needs to be accomplished to ensure that everyone in the nation is satisfied. In the speech, “The Gettysburg Address” written and delivered by Abraham Lincoln, he states that the nation is reaching its best as they are trying to get rid of slavery in the United States to ensure that no one is mistreated. In the speech, …show more content…

Martin Luther King Jr., he states that the nation has to work together and be equal in order to truly reach the freedom that everyone wants. In the speech, King states, “With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day” (King 10). This is explaining the fact that in order for the nation to truly live up to its name and have freedom, it requires that everyone can be equal and can work together without having hatred towards each other. This is therefore demonstrating the fact that the nation must let everyone be equal in order to truly be known as a nation that is free. This is showing that the nation needs to make everyone equal, and that even after we are equal, we can still stand up together as one voice for the

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Additionally, Dr. King describes the problem that is still present at his time. He mentions back to the documents when the country starts a new government. In the Declaration of Independence it states that all men are created equal. That would include African Americans, but according to Dr. King’s speech it says, “One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chains of discrimination” (Dream 3). The blacks were promised freedom, yet they are not as equal as the whites.

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¨Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”(King 582). Martin Luther King Jr was a civil rights activist who fought for civil rights; he wrote to eight white clergymen in jail. King got arrested for fighting for African American rights. King was very passionate and emotional about civil rights. Martin Luther King Jr. suggested the idea of people having a moral responsibility to infringe on unjust laws.

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Twelve score and two years ago, America was founded upon the idea that “all men are created equal,” but defining equality has changed over time. This idea has changed all Americans. In “The Gettysburg Address” president A. Lincoln helps spread the ideas of freedom, liberty and equality through the United States of America. Frederick Douglass, a former slave, wrote a narrative of his life named “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” describing the horrors of slavery. Before the Civil War slavery was common all over America, mainly the south.

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Lincoln tried to rationalize the emancipation of slaves, which at that time was viewed as unconstitutional, by endorsing The Declaration of Independance. The declaration declares that “all men are created equal.” but the Constitution is very selective in who they consider to be equal. The Gettysburg Address was used to let the American people know where Lincoln stood on the issue of slavery, which to this day still remains one of the most known speeches in American history. It implied that all men are created equal, but at that time it was quite the opposite.

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President Lincoln stated that: “if I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it,..., and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do it.”. This quote clearly shows that the freedom of slaves was not his concern and unnecessary if it did not help the Union; as the result, slavery still exists if there is no war. Free slave from bondage should be a Great Emancipator’s primary goal and he will do his best to achieve it no matter what, but president Lincoln’s thought differed from that because all he cares was the Union. Although he had many times admitting himself an anti-slavery but his words and thoughts obviously prove that he is

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These three marches alone spurred a national change; President Lyndon Johnson delivered his “The American Promise” speech as a special message before congress, the 1564th Senate bill, a voting rights bill, was introduced in the 89th United Stated Congress, the passage of voting rights bill in Congress was hastened, and Rev. Martian Luther King, Jr., delivered his “How Long? Not Long” speech on the final day of the 3rd march on the steps of the State Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Then, on the 45th Anniversary of “Bloody Sunday”, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan delivered a speech detailing how far equality in America has come since then and how far America has yet to go in achieving true

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Martin Luther King. King argues for integration and loving one’s enemy. His vision is not to harm the oppressors, but to love and pray for them. His goal is to get African-Americans to forgive white people who have brutalized them. Furthermore, King is a dominant figure who believes in non-violent resistance.

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believed that not only was it the responsibility of individuals to remedy the situation of racial injustice to achieve inequality but also it was the job of society as a whole (the state). However, Martin Luther King Jr. noted in piece titled, “Letter from the Birmingham Jail” (1963) that, “We know through painful experience that freedom is not voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” (MLK, 580) I find this quote to be important as during the creation of our founding documents, the founding fathers were very intentional as to what they wanted. It was not in the interests of the founding fathers to provide equal rights to everyone, as doing so would ultimately put them all on the same pedestal which would not give them the level of superiority in which they believed they were entitled to.

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The United States of America has been the global leader in regard to pushing progressive social agendas, often being a proverbial beacon of light leading other countries out of the darkness of close-minded oppressive social ideologies. From the Civil Rights Movement to the Women?s Liberation Movement, the U.S. has long been a country that pushes past discriminatory ideas in order bring about the reality of a more inclusive society many Americans hope for. With the Supreme Court?s June 26th decision, Americans who have longed to live in a country that embraced utopian ideals were ecstatic to realize that their country was taking steps to bring those dreams to life. The progressive strides made that day weren?t embraced by everyone throughout the land,

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