American Legacy: The United States Constitution and Other Essential Documents of American Democracy American Legacy is an 80-page booklet that comprises the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence together with passages from other documents that encompass essential ideas of American democracy. The documents are arranged chronologically beginning with the Mayflower Compact.
Included are excerpts from such documents as:
- The Federalist
- Chief Justice John Marshall's decision in Marbury v. Madison
- George Washington's "Farewell Address"
- Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address
- Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?"
- Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address
- The Gettysburg Address
- The Emancipation Proclamation
- Learned Hand's "The Spirit of Liberty"
- Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream"
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964
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