The Struggle For Equality in the American Experience

If there is one word that sums up the American experience, it is equality. Unfortunately, it has been more an ideal than a lived reality. Jefferson wrongly claimed that equality is "self-evident." Not all Americans in the past, or today, subscribe to equality. This presentation examines how a hierarchy of persons and wealth undermines the unique American vision of egalitarianism. What happens to "a dream deferred?" Which way America? Equal? Elite? The future is in our hands, minds, and hearts.