Emancipation Road | show | 2014 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

From The Creators Of The Best-Selling Documentary Series "Up From Slavery"... A 7-Part Compelling Journey Through Americ | dHNfRWJFa1ZZaVljNE0

Transcript

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00:05 When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence,

00:13 they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.

00:19 This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men,

00:26 would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

00:35 I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed,

00:47 "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

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