Read this excerpt from The People Could Fly
I have children and grandchildren now. Well, you know, the bigger ones don't care so much to hear about those times. But the
little ones, well, they never get tired of hearin how their grandpa brought emancipation to loads of slaves he could touch and feel
in the dark but never ever see.
How does the speaker feel about his role in the Underground Railroad now that he is older?
O He wishes that he had never put his family in so much danger.
O He wishes he had done more to help others when he had the chance.
O He feels proud that he helped so many people gain their freedom.
O He feels grateful that he was able to get back at the slaveholders.

Cite textual evidence to support this analysis of the connection. a. he says that he chooses “to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation,” so it shows that he has given up hope. b. he states, “so we’ve come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches” of the nation for everyone. this proves that he wants government money to be equally shared. c. mlk explains that america should give african americans “a bad check, a check that has come back marked ‘insufficient funds.’” d. he mentions that america wrote a bad check for freedom to african americans, but he states that he “refuses to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt.” he also states, “we’ve come to cash this check… of freedom and security of justice.”