Question

America is essentially a dream, a dream as yet unfulfilled. It is a dream of a land where men of all races, of all nationalities and of all creeds can live together as brothers. The substance of the dream is expressed in these sublime words, words lifted to cosmic proportions: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness."' This is the dream. —"The American Dream," Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

According to King in this passage, what is the American dream?

---a world that separates people of different nationalities
---a land where people of all nationalities live together as brothers
---a country that has no rules or laws, but allows everyone to do what he or she pleases

Answer 1

America is essentially a dream, a dream as yet unfulfilled. It is a dream of a land where men of all races, of all nationalities and of all creeds can live together as brothers. The substance of the dream isexpressed in these sublime words, words lifted to cosmic proportions: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men ...

Answer 2

According to King, the American dream is a land where people of all nationalities live together as brothers.
He says that there are people of all races, nationalities, and religions, who live in the same country as brothers; he says that is the dream, where all people are equal and given equal opportunities, although at the time, that obviously wasn't the case.