America

Vorwort I From American Dream to American Nightmare?1 JOHN BRERETON: The First English Account of New England (1602) 2 RICHARD BRADFORD: The Landing of the Pilgrims (1620) 3 BILL BRYSON: Made in America (1994) 4 Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking up Arms (July 6, 1775) 5 EMMA LAZARUS: The New Colossus (1883) 6 ROBINSON JEFFERS: November Surf (1931) 7 MARTIN LUTHER KING: I Have a Dream (August 28, 1963) 8 ALEX HALEY: The Maleolm X Inte rview (1963) 9 ART BUCHWALD: The American Dream (April 23, 1977) 10 DAVID G. MYERS: Wealth, Well-being, and the New American Dream (2000) 11 JOHN LELAND: Faith in the Future: Why America Sees the Silver Lining (June 13, 2004) II The Constitutfun: From the Virginia Corporation to the 26th Amendment1 The Royal Charter for the Virginia Corporation (1606) 2 The "Mayftower" Compact (1620) 3 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America (July 4, 1776) 4 Constittition of the United States (1787)5 The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution: The Bill of Rights (1789) 6 THOMAS JEFFERSON: First Inaugural Address (1801)7 Later Amendments to the Constitution (1865-1971) Investigative Journalism8 BOB WOODWARD: How Mark Feit Became "Deep 11uoat" (June 2, 2005) Constitutional Change - The Second Amendment9 MAX CASTRO: It's Time to Repeat the Second Amendment (May 24, 2000) 10 The NRA's View III Minorities - Melting Pot versus Salad BowlNative Americans1 Captain John Smith's Exploration of Chesapeake Bay (1608) 2 JOHN SMITH: The Massacre upon the 1vo and Twentieth of March (1624) 3 PAULA M. ROBERTSON: Wounded Knee Massacre (1890) African Americans4 HORACE GREELEY: The Prayer of 1venty Millions (August 19, 1862) 5 Lincoln's Reply to Greeley (1862) 6 Emancipation Prodarnation (January 1, 1863) 7 RICHARD POWERS: August 1955 (2003) 8 JOHN STEINHECK: Travels with Charley (1962) 9 LYNDON B. JOHNSON: Radio and Television Remarks Upon Signing the Civil Rights Bill (July 2, 1964) Hispanics10 ROBERTO FELIX SALAZAR: The Other