They didn't say perfect union or toward a union. They saw America as a journey. They saw America as moving through time by moving through and progressing over time. When the Constitution was first written, the only people that could vote were white male property owners. Since that time, through tremendous struggle and sometimes violence, ask John Lewis or the early suffragettes that were imprisoned, that circle of who could vote, of who could participate, has gradually grown. (07:55–08:01)
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Asserts that initially, only white male property owners could vote in the U.S.
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