A. America is essentially a dream, a dream as yet unfulfilled. B. It is trite, but urgently true, that if America is to remain a first-class nation she can no longer have second-class citizens.

C. Indeed slavery and segregation have been strange paradoxes in a nation founded on the principle that all men are created equal.

D. One of the first things we notice in this dream is an amazing universalism. It does not say some men, but it says all men.

—"The American Dream,"
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Which statement shows specific reasons King believes America does not live up to its promise of equality?

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Excerpt from an enemy of the people henrik ibsen mrs. stockmann. (turns to the hall door, listening.) i expect that is mr. hovstad coming. billing. very likely. (peter stockmann comes in. he wears an overcoat and his official hat, and carries a stick.) peter stockmann. good evening, katherine. mrs. stockmann (coming forward into the sitting-room). ah, good evening--is it you? how good of you to come up and see us! peter stockmann. i happened to be passing, and into the dining-room). but you have company with you, i see. mrs. stockmann (a little embarrassed). oh, no--it was quite by chance he came in. (hurriedly.) won't you come in and have something, too? peter stockmann. i! no, you. good gracious--hot meat at night! not with my digestion, when peter stockmann enters, what does his physical appearance to reveal about his character?