President Lyndon B. Johnson made many great points in his “We Shall Overcome” speech. As Erica pointed out, he stated the fact that inequality was a dishonor to those who fought for our freedom. Kacy also brought up a great point in saying that the issue was not just a Negro problem, Southern problem, or Northern problem, that it was an American problem. We claim to know the laws of the Constitution, but then we deny certain people of their rights. We are one nation, and every citizen of the United States, no matter their race or skin color, should be granted these rights. That is why this document was made in the first place, to make sure that citizens were given the rights that they deserve. I find it astonishing that it took that long after African-Americans were freed for them to be considered “equals”. Even today there are still some people that don’t consider them equal and that is wrong on so many levels.
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