Question

In this excerpt from President Kennedy’s 1963 Civil Rights Address, he included the examples of President Lincoln’s efforts to end slavery and social and economic oppression for what purpose?

“One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the salves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free. They are not yet freed from the bonds of injustice. They are not yet freed from social and economic oppression m. And this nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.”

A. to revise the definition of freedom (this is what I think it is)
B: to explain the bonds of injustice
C: to explain the rights of heirs and grandsons
D: to explain the passage of time

C and D don’t make sense to me, so I’m stuck between A and B.

Answer 1

I believe your gut choice is correct. When Kennedy was presenting this particular speech, he was trying to support the idea of true equality between blacks and whites. He was trying to make it known that yes, they are no longer slaves; however, they are still mistreated by society. That what they are going through is not following the rules of freedom.

Answer 2

Thank you!
It was correct!