America has not followed up on its promise to give Negroes equal treatment afforded them by the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. (:
America has not followed up on its promise to give Negroes equal treatment afforded them by the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. (:
King used the analogy of cashing a check to describe the Negro's right to claim what is his. He said that America had given African Americans a "bad check" in the form of unfulfilled promises of equality, and that they were justified in demanding their rights like cashing a check at a bank.
an example would be "america has given the negro people a bad check which has come back marked 'insufficient funds' but we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt."
the New Negro movement, the New Negro Renaissance or and The Negro Renaissance,
One of the metaphors he used was that of a bad check: "It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note in so far as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so we have come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice."
The statue of Liberty was given to America by French people as a symbol for the American independence.
Is a speech given by Henry McNeal Turber, about slavery.
Cyber-cops (??)
The states and the people-
As of 30 Aug07 there are 1.6 million inmates at any given time in the United States of America.
Many slaves in America were given the surname of the family that they served. So it is possible.
Both Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes were given that title.