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History, 25.03.2020 21:51 maskythegamer

Read the excerpt below from the "I Have a Dream Speech," 1963, by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

What does the excerpt tell you about Dr. King's philosophy on civil rights?

Use your background knowledge, as well as text details to construct your two- to three-sentence response.

"In a sense we’ve come 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, 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 as well as white men—would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. . . ."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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