MLK+I+have+a+Dream

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


 * OUR WORDS - 100 years ago Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Yet, there is still segregation and discrimination after the Emancipation Proclamation has been signed.**

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


 * OUR WORDS - The Declaration of Independence guaranteed every man the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. America has not stood by this promise and has refused to give every man these rights. The constitution and 14th amendment have not been effectively enforced. Though, we can still get our rights back.**

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

**OUR WORDS - We have to take action now and do something about these atrocities.**

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


 * OUR WORDS - This protest must not be violent. We must be patient and stick to non violence soul force. We cannot be put down by their violence, but continue to protest.**

Excerpt 5 - [|I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 5] //The marvelous new militancy ... We cannot turn back.//
 * OUR WORDS - We shouldn't hate or distrust white people. We must stay as allies with them because they are here today supporting our protest with us. We need all the help we can get to win this battle.**

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


 * OUR WORDS - We will not be satisfied until our demands our met. We will not be satisfied until justice has been reached for all black people. We won't be satisfied until every man can lodge in a hotel no matter their race. Justice must be met with desegregation and no more discrimination.**

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


 * OUR WORDS - I have a dream that someday equality with whites and blacks will occur. I have a dream that someday the Constitution will be followed and that every man is equal no matter the color of their skin.**

Excerpt 8 - [|I Have a Dream - Excerpt 8]

//And this will be the day ... we are free at last!//
 * OUR WORDS - If america is going to be a great nation, the racism and segregation must cease. Let freedom of all races throughout the U.S. be equal to Whites. When Whites and Blacks set aside their differences, they will be able to achieve freedom throughout the nation.**

<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?** The author feels this way because he thinks that whites have now realized how foolish they were too think that race made a difference in status because of Marting luther King jr. It is because of king that the U.S. is known as the "Free world" without extra remarks about slavery. Also, South Africa would have remained unnoticed to America.


 * Was King "the right man at the right time"?** I think that King was the right man at the right time because he was the person that got America to realize that the color of someone's skin did not mean they were different from anyone else. He helped people realize personality is what counts, not race. Also, if it were not for him racism and segregation would have continued probably and it would have taken much longer for a big event to happen. Since there was no leader that seemed to not be willing to step up at the time the MLK jr. did.

** Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not? ** I think that he would be somewhat bitter about the use of the quote. I think that he would like to hear about people using it in the context of freedom and desegragation. Though, I doubt that he would like people using it to mock him or saying that it was too controversial. He did it for the sake of freedom for African Americans.

<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] ||