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Martin Luther King: Default Insufficient Funds
on Monday, August 28, 2017Martin Luther King, Jr. Money Quote saying in his ‘I have a Dream’ speech on August 28, 1963 that Constitutional promise to all Americans check has bounced for those of color. Martin Luther King, Jr. said:
“America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked ‘insufficient funds'” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Birthday: January 15, 1929 – Died (assassinated) April 4, 1968
Martin Luther King: Capital Cash Check
on Monday, August 28, 2017Martin Luther King Money Quote from “I have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963 saying the government owes a debt to every American that has been denied constitutional promises. Martin Luther King said:
We have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Birthday: January 15, 1929 – Died (assasinated) April 4, 1968