Read the quotation from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream " speech and answer the question.It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar 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." What was Dr. King alluding to when he stated that America had defaulted on the promissory note? (1 point) Responses that the government had defaulted on its promise to pay reparations to former slaves that the government had defaulted on its promise to pay reparations to former slaves that the government had defaulted on its promise to promote and ensure the equality of all people that the government had defaulted on its promise to promote and ensure the equality of all people that the government had defaulted on its promise to fund social programs created to help poor people that the government had defaulted on its promise to fund social programs created to help poor people that the government had defaulted on its promise to provide land grants to former slaves
Dr. King was alluding to the fact that the government had defaulted on its promise to promote and ensure the equality of all people. He was pointing out that despite the promises of freedom and equality for all citizens, African Americans were still facing discrimination and inequality in America.
