“In a sense we have 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., "I Have a Dream"
Memphis, Tennessee
August 28, 1963
“Merlin, there’s no place to sit,” Arthur grumbles, peering...
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