It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note…

Martin Luther King, Jr.
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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.' ✨ I Have a Dream, delivered 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
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