., it is what we fought for in the American Revolution, and King wishes to bring about equal freedom for all people, black and white. ... The support for King's idea consists of examples of freedom and unity from the Declaration of Independence. ... King calls out the whites as liars and not following the Declaration and the song as they are stated, he declares that America is nothing without the blacks as equals. ... King uses bitter sarcasm when talking about the American dream, and the American creed of equality and freedom. ...

• Word Count: 788
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The different rhetorical devices, allusions to historic documents, and metaphors seemed to have brought about the emotions that King was trying to arouse in his listeners. ... These allusions were drawn from the Declaration of Independence which states that all men were created equal and all people should have the right to pursuit life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ... When he is speaking about the Declaration of Independence and how it guaranteed all people the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, King says, "America has given the Negro people a bad ch...

• Word Count: 1011
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The Declaration of Independence defined the promise of America - freedom and equality for all Americans. ... The end of the Civil War, which brought about these Amendments, was the legal end to slavery in the United States, but it would be a long and difficult battle before those rights became a social custom in America. ... Without the audacious and unyielding efforts made by activists for African American civil rights, the pledge that the Declaration of Independence makes, " all men are created equal with certain unalienable rights life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", might still b...

• Word Count: 1230
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

August 28, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. marched to the Lincoln memorial to talk about freedom exactly 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln. He was there to talk about how the Negro's still weren't given the 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." He talks about how American has given its people a bad check, a check with "insufficient funds." ... Everything he talks about ...

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• Grade Level: High School

African Americans, I believe, had a huge role in achieving their own independence during the war, and after. ... Congress and the government gave exceptional benefits towards the outcome of black people striving for independence. ... With the declaration of the Emancipation, former slaves were rejoined with past families. ... (T510) Even though the war ended, the south still had the same opinion about blacks free moving around. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

During a time of revolution and independence, the leading men, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, and James Madison, all helped to influence a young country which stressed freedom and liberty for all. ... Washington, Jefferson, Mason, and Madison all were alive during a difficult time, when cultures were changing, and they were socialized to believe in certain things; all of which made them who they were and explains a little about America's past. ... The opposite of that culture is individualism which supports self-expression and independence (Arnett 102). ... Documen...

• Word Count: 1212
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It was not until thorough research in the official documents of the Union and Confederate Armies that Dew concluded that if slavery was in fact, the major cause for the secession of the South and the civil war; these primary sources are the key into finding the truth in finding evidence about the civil war that had it not been an issue about slavery, there would not have been a civil war at all. The secession commissioners repeated the same message throughout any argument: Lincoln and the Republicans were abolitionists that determined to establish racial equality; secession and independence ...

• Word Count: 937
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Great Britain was making the laws and making decisions about what the people of the thirteen colonies could or couldn't do. ... One of the amazing facts of being an American is that no person should be denied the right to own land or property , because as stated in The Declaration of Independence that all men are created equal with certain rights like life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ... A young girl about the age of 20 was shot for driving! ... The basic fact about being an American is that you can do anything you choose to under the limits of the law. ... You wouldn't...

• Word Count: 1129
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

" In this short phrase, Martin displays how responsible he is when simply talking about this subject. ... He speaks about how no one really knows what cruelty is or the effects of segregation are unless you've experienced them, unless you've seen a mob lynch your father and mother at will. ... Lastly he speaks about how fatiguing it was to not know what was coming next. ... This makes sense because any single aspect that degrades human dignity or soul is unjust there is absolutely nothing just about because if someone said there was, what is the point of what God has told us, th...

• Word Count: 959
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• Grade Level: High School

King tells the clergymen how he is upset about their judgements and that he wants to address their concerns. ... King shows what he knows about all the historical figures had established in the past by mentioning the Declaration of Independence. ... It's heartbreaking to hear a little girl, who doesn't know better about the society to ask such question. ... King tries to persuade the clergymen about the injustice that is done to blacks, to see the point of view from a fellow black man. ...

• Word Count: 940
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

His aim was to empower black people by uniting them under the roof of Black Nationalism, which fostered independence and self-determination instead of a mere acceptance by and an integration into the dominant society. ... I think this was a crucial point of the conflict, and had to be understood as a declaration of war by the political establishment. ... In his famous poem "Black Art,"" he writes about the need of "poems that kill"" and "wrestle cops into alleys and take their weapons leaving them dead". ...

• Word Count: 1192
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate