Amid the political and social upheaval of the 1960s, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. drew directly and self-consciously on the declaration. In his 1963 “ I Have a Dream” speech, King defined an ...

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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated ...

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Portrait of American President Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865) (painted by George P. Healy, mid-late 1800s), (Photo by Katherine Young/Getty Images) In his 2007 book “Land of Lincoln: Adventures in ...