The Promise of America

"The Promise of America" encourages the reader to explore the promises made to Americans from our founding documents through contemporary speeches and investigate how each has been kept, when, and for whom. Encourages the reader to explore the promises made to Americans from our founding documents through contemporary speeches and investigate how each has been kept, when, and for whom. This cultural studies reader asks students to think critically about our society's deeply-held beliefs regarding social equality, education, free press, health care, work, civil liberties, and America's global role and assess the assumptions we have about our birthrights, the promises that have been made by our leaders, and how different promises have been kept for different groups of people throughout our history. General Interest