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IF THE BULLET HAD MISSED.
>> IF RECONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, YOU HAVE
BLACK LEADERS ENVOEKING LINCOLN’S NAME TO GET WHITE MEN
AND WOMEN TO LIVE UP TO THAT PROMISE ON THE STEPS OF THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL, KING IS TALKING ABOUT THE PROMISE THAT
LINCOLN HAD MADE HAS NOT BEEN FULFILLED.
>> IN 1964, THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL OUTLAWS DISCRIMINATION
BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, SEX OR NATIONALITY.
BUT SINCE ITS PASSING, LAWS SUPPORTING AND DEBILITATING THE
ENFRANCHISEMENT OF BLACK AMERICANS HAVE EBBED AND FLOWED.
FOR EVERY POLICY UPHOLDING EQUALITY, THERE IS ANOTHER
UNDERMINING IT
>> IF RECONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, YOU HAVE
BLACK LEADERS ENVOEKING LINCOLN’S NAME TO GET WHITE MEN
AND WOMEN TO LIVE UP TO THAT PROMISE ON THE STEPS OF THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL, KING IS TALKING ABOUT THE PROMISE THAT
LINCOLN HAD MADE HAS NOT BEEN FULFILLED.
>> IN 1964, THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL OUTLAWS DISCRIMINATION
BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, SEX OR NATIONALITY.
BUT SINCE ITS PASSING, LAWS SUPPORTING AND DEBILITATING THE
ENFRANCHISEMENT OF BLACK AMERICANS HAVE EBBED AND FLOWED.
FOR EVERY POLICY UPHOLDING EQUALITY, THERE IS ANOTHER
UNDERMINING IT
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IF THE BULLET HAD MISSED.
>> IF RECONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE
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CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, YOU HAVE
BLACK LEADERS ENVOEKING
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LINCOLN’S NAME TO GET WHITE MEN
AND WOMEN TO LIVE UP TO THAT
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PROMISE ON THE STEPS OF THE
LINCOLN MEMORIAL, KING IS
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TALKING ABOUT THE PROMISE THAT
LINCOLN HAD MADE HAS NOT BEEN
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FULFILLED.
>> IN 1964, THE CIVIL RIGHTS
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BILL OUTLAWS DISCRIMINATION
BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, SEX OR
00:00:38.237 --> 00:00:41.999
NATIONALITY.
BUT SINCE ITS PASSING, LAWS
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SUPPORTING AND DEBILITATING THE
ENFRANCHISEMENT OF BLACK
00:00:47.998 --> 00:00:50.095
AMERICANS HAVE EBBED AND FLOWED.
FOR EVERY POLICY UPHOLDING
00:00:50.095 --> 00:00:53.065
EQUALITY, THERE IS ANOTHER
UNDERMINING IT.
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Movie Summary
Lincoln: Divided We Stand is a six-part series that looks at the remarkable life and unexpected journey of Abraham Lincoln.
