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" When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men... "
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Holiday, S. 25: Joint Hearings Before the ... - Page 140
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1979 - 170 pages
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Let the Trumpet Sound: A Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Stephen B. Oates - 2009 - 598 pages
...to our nation's Capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "It is obvious today...
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African Intellectual Heritage: A Book of Sources

Abu Shardow Abarry - 1996 - 852 pages
...to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her...
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American Culture: An Anthology of Civilization Texts

Anders Breidlid - 1996 - 432 pages
...to our nation's Capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious...
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Who Were the Founding Fathers?: Two Hundred Years of Reinventing American ...

Steven H. Jaffe - 1996 - 246 pages
..."March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." "When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...which every American was to fall heir. This note was the promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable...
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Black Visions: The Roots of Contemporary African-American Political Ideologies

Michael C. Dawson - 2001 - 429 pages
...Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was the promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today...
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Myths in Stone: Religious Dimensions of Washington, D.C., Part 3

Jeffrey F. Meyer - 2001 - 382 pages
...republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence," he said, "they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir" (my emphasis). This event was the culmination of the process by which the memorial's meaning was changed...
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Race Experts: How Racial Etiquette, Sensitivity Training, and New Age ...

Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn - 2001 - 296 pages
...in "the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence," which announced that "all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." King's "I Have a...
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Multiculturalism: Roots and Realities

C. James Trotman - 2002 - 294 pages
...nation whose promise is yet unfulfilled." When the architects of our Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...— yes, black men as well as white men — would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today...
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Democracy, Revolution, and Monarchism in Early American Literature

Paul Downes - 2002 - 255 pages
...to our Nation's Capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, should be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. ("I Have...
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Sourcebook and Index : Documents that shaped the American Nation

Joy Hakim - 2003 - 356 pages
...to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,...which every American was to fall heir. This note was the promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable...
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