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BASIC READINGS IN U.S. DEMOCRACY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

PART I: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (1776)

PART II: CREATING A GOVERNMENT

PART III: THE GROWTH OF AMERICAN SOCIETY

PART IV: THE CRISIS OF THE UNION

PART V: INDUSTRIAL AMERICA

PART VI: ON THE ROAD FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM

PART VII: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

PART VIII: FACING THE WORLD

PART IX: COLD WAR ISSUES

PART X: A MORE INCLUSIVE AMERICA

PART XI: CONTINUING VITALITY

PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Maya Angelou. "On the Pulse of the Morning" frzom the book On the Pulse of the Morning by Maya Angelou. Copyright (c) 1993 by Maya Angelou. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.

Martin Luther King Jr. "I Have a Dream" reprinted by arrangement with The Heirs to the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr., c/o Joan Daves Agency as agent for the proprietor. Copyright (c) 1963 by the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Copyright renewed 1991 by Coretta Scott King.

Clyde Warrior. "We Are Not Free" by Clyde Warrior reprinted from Red Power, The American Indians' Fight for Freedom by Alvin M. Josephy Jr. Copyright (c) 1971 by Alvin M. Josephy Jr. Permission granted by Julian Bach Literary Agency.

 

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