The Declaration of Independence states that among the “truths” that Americans hold to be “selfevident” is that “all Men are created equal.” But what was meant by this statement? Learn more today!

60Second Civics, Episode 5169: July 5, 2024 (a rebroadcast of Episode 4662: July 7, 2022)

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The show’s theme song is “Complacent” by Cheryl B. Engelhardt. You can find Cheryl online at cbemusic.com.

Content Credits:
Visual 1 & 6 (People holding hands): Polina Tankilevich, corelens/Canva
Visual 2 (Declaration): doublediaumondphoto, Getty Images Signature/Canva
Visual 3 (Thomas Jefferson): The Everett Collection/Canva
Visual 4 (Monarchy): WikiImages/Canva
Visual 5 (Woman speaking at political event): shironosov, Getty Images
Visual 7 (Lady Justice): pixel2013/Canva
Visual 8 (Washington with Betsy Ross): https://tile.loc.gov/storageservices...