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"The Gettysburg Address" By Abraham Lincoln.
Use the passage to answer the question.
what is significant about the date each seminal document was written?
a even though they deal with similar themes, Lincolns speech and kings letter are otherwise unreleated because they were written so far apart
b one hundered years after Lincolns speech, King wonders why Americas black citiziens still do not have rights equal to white citizens
c king intentionally wrote his letter one hundred years after Lincolns speech to draw attention to the ongoing injustices black citizens faced
d Lincolns speech and Kings letter were written the same year, but in different states, bringing attention to the widespread issue of racism in America

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The most accurate response to the significance of the dates on which "The Gettysburg Address" and Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter were written is:

**C**: King intentionally wrote his letter one hundred years after Lincoln's speech to draw attention to the ongoing injustices black citizens faced.

This option highlights the continuity of civil rights struggles in America and how King's letter serves as a critique of the unresolved issues that persisted even a century after Lincoln's address.

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