Throughout American history and even to this day, African Americans have always struggled for their rights. Jill Karson, a published author states, "Many consider the civil rights movement to have begun not in the 1950's, but when African Americans were first brought in chains, centuries earlier to American shore" (Karson 11). ... In his speech, Roosevelt stated that American democracy consisted of "Four Freedoms": the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of religion, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear. ... African-Americans, especially soldiers, noted th...

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King believed that the tension already existed, so the society has to face it sooner or later, repent, and solidify democracy and human dignity. ... People have to stand up for what they believe and uphold higher moral standards at any time to carry on the Christian heritage, democratic spirit, and the American dream. ... He urges people to change or uphold higher moral values and create better human image, as people can only preserve the democracy by living it the most Godly way possible. ...

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African Americans have been fighting for their rights for decades. The African American civil rights movement changed everything. ... Being a mason meant believing in equality and democracy. ... The revolution was a complicated battle because Americans were fighting for equality, yet America had slaves. ... Many years after Hall's death, the Prince Hall Masons continued to meet and promote lives of virtue, equality and democracy. ...

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The Declaration of Independence defined the promise of America - freedom and equality for all Americans. Yet, prior to the 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans were still enslaved. ... Laws, called Black Codes, were imposed to severely restrict the rights of African Americans. ... They adopted nonviolent mass action as a strategy and insisted that equal rights were essential for democracy. ... Many African Americans were outraged by the continued inferiority placed on people of color. ...

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By calling attention to what seemed an unjust draft law, signers and distributors of the Declaration were determined to put an end to the war in Vietnam, an event that they believed would benefit America as well as Vietnam. ... Movements for civil rights, gender equality, and war resistance, for example, have nudged America closer to its citizens' ideals of freedom and equality. ... A democracy is the government of the people, not solely for the unquestioning conformists of the government. ...

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Martin Luther King seemed to take a naturalist view, hungry to incorporate morality into the aims of law in America, while George Wallace stood strong under the positivist view that had drawn direction for the aims of law from social phenomenon rather than a moral compass. ... There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. ... 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. ... King addre...

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