A Citizen’s Right to be Equal America is known to many as a free country. It was founded on the belief that all citizens would have the opportunity to thrive. This notion has not always been true. In the early years of our country, racism was a large setback. Slavery ruined the idea of a free country, the idea that was supposed to be the most important of all. Over the years slavery was …showed first 75 words of 1851 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1851 total…to make it better. Racism, in all forms, clearly goes against this. America is known as the land of opportunity, where all men and women are free and equal. “We are not enemies but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strength, we must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.”