I+Have+a+Dream

I HAVE A DREAM! 

Excerpt 1 - [|I Have a Dream - Excerpt 1] //Five score years ago, ... a shameful condition.//


 * OUR WORDS -**One hundred years ago Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation claiming that all black people be free and equal. And yet today 1963, the black people are still not free.

Excerpt 2 - [|I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 2] //In a sense ... the security of justice.//


 * OUR WORDS -** When the country first began, the founding fathers signed a document saying all men are equal, and have the same rights. Today, America discriminates against black people, and their rights have not been guaranteed. He compares the amount of justice given to them as a check. He says they are being lied to and not given the amount they deserve.

Excerpt 3 - [|I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 3] //We have also come ... Now is the time.//

**OUR WORDS -** Now is the time to start taking action, not later, show that black people deserve equal rights and integration.

Excerpt 4 - [|I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 4] //But there is something ... soul force.//


 * OUR WORDS -** African Americans must be peaceful, and stay strong. They must not be violent. They will struggle but it is the loudest way to protest and the way we will be heard.

Excerpt 5 - [|I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 5] //The marvelous new militancy ... We cannot turn back.//
 * OUR WORDS -**Black People should not hate white people or distrust them, because many of them have been here today. We must work together because black and white freedoms are tied together.

Excerpt 6 - [|I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 6] //There are those ... like a mighty stream."//


 * OUR WORDS - They will never stop fighting until equality, freedom, integration, and justice occur. **

Excerpt 7 - [|I Have a Dream - Excerpt 7] //And so even though ... I have a dream today!//


 * OUR WORDS -** Even though black people still face segregation, Martin Luther King believes that one day men will be treated as equals. That black and white people will be able to work together and get along with one another. That one day people will judge not by their race but by who they are at heart.

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//And this will be the day ... we are free at last!//
 * OUR WORDS -** Let freedom reign everywhere, this will be the day that we are all equal, that black and white and all other races and religions will be able to work together with acceptance and equality.

<span style="color: rgb(194,15,15);"> <span style="color: rgb(194,15,15);">   AFTER **If we didn't get to it in class, watch [|16th Street] to see what happened right after the March.**

<span style="color: rgb(194,15,15);"> KING

**<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">Read the essay from [|**TIME 100 - Martin Luther King**] **<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">. As you do, respond to the following questions **Why does the author feel that whites owe King the greatest debt?** Whites own him because he freed them from America's racism. America could not say they were basically the model of a "free country" if it weren't for King.


 * Was King "the right man at the right time"?** Yes, according to this article, he spoke refering to the bible, which was suited because their main goal was freedom and can be traced back to the Old Testemate. Also, he was highly religious (non-violent), so he was a prominent figure in the African American church which was huge with black people.

** Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not? ** It is being put to uses that he never would have done himself, although I think he would be happy to know that his quote is being used by someone opposing gender/race preferences and in non-violent manners.

<span style="color: rgb(194,15,15);"> MEMORIALS

There are many memorials to King around the United States, and there will soon be a new one in Washington D.C.! Check out some of the links below, and look at the video of the new National Memorial.


 * || [|Washington, DC, **Martin Luther King** Jr. National **Memorial**]

[|The King Center]

[|**Martin Luther King** Jr National Historic Site]

[|Some King historical sites from Taft's travels] [|Some King historical video from Taft's travels] ||