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Question
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.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream
Read the paragraph. Which sentence would be the most logical conclusion?
Responses
A And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
B Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
C It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.
D This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.