"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
             that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights,
             that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
             This was written July 4, 1776 but yet slavery was not abolished until
             1865. "If an American, because his skin is dark, cannot eat lunch in a
             restaurant open to the public, if he can not send his children to the best
             public school available, if he cannot vote for the public officials who
             represent him, if, in short, he cannot enjoy the full and free life which
             all of us want, then who among us would be content to have the color
             of his skin changed and stand in his place? Who among us would be
             content with the counsels of patience and delay? One hundred years
             have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs,
             their grandsons, are not fully free. They are not yet freed from the
             bonds of injustice. They are not yet freed from social and economic
             oppression. And this nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not
             be fully free until all its citizens are free." John F. Kennedy said this
             June 11, 1963 with the signing of the civil rights acts.
             During the Civil Rights Movement there were many leaders.
             Dr. Martin Luther King was one of this leader. Dr. King had the
             biggest impact on the movement. After organizing the famous 1955
             bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama he became the leader of the
             movement. In the face of often violent opposition, King challenged his
             supporters to maintain a policy of peaceful resistance to injustice. In
             1957 King helped found the Southern Christian Leadership
             Conference (SCLC), an organization of black churches and ministers
             that aimed to challenge racial segregation. King and other black
             leaders organized the 1963 March on Washington, a massive
             protest in Washington, D.C., for jobs and civil rights. On August
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