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The American dream can be traced all the way back to the Declaration of Independence, in which it is asserted that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. That is the foundation of the whole concept of civil rights. Of course, a more modern reading includes women as well as men.

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well WEB Du Bois said that the African Americans needed to get a liberal arts education to compete in American society and then demanded civil rights, but Booker T. Washington said that the African Americans needed to get a trade type of an education to fit into the society and that civil rights would come with time.


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The three rights that we all have are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.


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What are four rights stated in the Declaration of Independence?

No taxation without representation. Personal property rights. Free speech and assembly. Freedom to worship as they saw fit.

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