Race Towards Freedom And Racial Equality

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The Race Towards Freedom and Racial Equality

Many people now have the freedom that others just like them didn’t have in times of racial segregation. President Barack Obama stated that because of Dr. King’s effort he has liberated America of the injustice that it would face. The injustice of racial segregation has diminished due to the efforts of many people including Dr. King in order to create a better world for those who are being discriminated.
In the speech, “The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln speaks about the valiant efforts of the dead men shall not be in vain. Evidence that supports Obama’s claim is when Lincoln states,”..that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under

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