... the presidency--that he would make sure that church and state remained safely separate. His promises, and the growing tolerance of religion in America, had their effect, and he swept through the Democratic primaries in 1960, handily defeating his principle adversary, Minnesota Senator Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. In that era, however, a victory in the primaries did not guarantee a candidate the nomination, and JFK needed every ounce ... haggard and unshaven. Also critical was JFK's phone call to Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader, while King was in jail for civil disobedience. ...

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Thomas Jefferson The Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson, was a document written in symbolism of. The Declaration was written so that the America as we know it would be free from dictatorship. Even without analyzing ... document stating that the group of individuals signing it agrees to its conditions and wishes to live in a free land. The original purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to simply announce the decision of the states to separate from England and form their own union. It was not intended as a grand statement of democra...

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