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Records of Rights:
America's founding documents are icons of human liberty. But the ideals enshrined in those documents did not initially apply to all Americans. They were, in the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., "a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir."
In "Records of Rights," you can explore how generations sought to fulfill this promise of freedom. The Founders debated and Americans continue to debate issues such as citizenship, free speech, voting rights, and equal opportunity. National Archives documents capture many of these controversies and illustrate how Americans have sought to fulfill the promise of the founding documents. |