ver change the system because he have no incentive. Here the white man has the power, the money, and the preference for other white men.
             King holds the basis for his struggle on America's own promise declared in its laws. King states this in his "I Have a Dream" speech:
             In a sense we have 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 would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. (King 1)
             King uses America's own laws of supposed freedom for all and throws it back in society's face. These rights were obviously not given to all men in America and according to King the time has come to "cash in that check" whethe
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