IHaveADream

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


 * OUR WORDS -** 100 years ago, slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, but they still are not truly free; they are being held back by segregation and discrimination.

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


 * OUR WORDS -** The African Americans were promised freedom and justice, but they were let down. Still, there is justice for them- "the bank of justice" is not "bankrupt."

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

**OUR WORDS -** The time has come for us to rise above segregation and discrimination and get the rights we deserve; this needs to happen //now!//

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


 * OUR WORDS -** We can't resort to violence; we must continue to protest peacefully.

Excerpt 5 - [|I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 5] //The marvelous new militancy ... We cannot turn back.//
 * OUR WORDS -** Blacks and white must work together; their futures are tied together.

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


 * OUR WORDS -** We will not be satisfied until everyone has completely equal rights and African Americans are completely free.

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


 * OUR WORDS -** I have a dream of equality.

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//And this will be the day ... we are free at last!//
 * OUR WORDS -** There must be freedom //everywhere// in America before we all are truly free.

<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 T he author feels that //whites// owe King the greatest debt because he liberated them from the burdens of racism, discrimination, segregation, and other forms of injustice and intolerance. It is because of King and the civil rights movement America can claim to be the leader of the "free world" without being treated with scorn, contempt, and disbelief by other countries. Had it not been for King, our country's reputation as a stronghold of freedom and equality would have been nothing but a great hypocrisy.
 * Why does the author feel that whites owe King the greatest debt?**

Yes, King //was "//the right man at the right time." The movement that he led was almost a complete success. It is nearly impossible to imagine the civil rights movement unfolding like it did without MLK's leadership. King was "the right man" at the right time for several reasons. Firstly, he was a preacher. The way he spoke was perfect for leading a movement toward freedom. As a minister, King was not only in touch with "the spirit of the black masses" but also had a strong base in the black church, the powerful and independent of black organizations. MLK was also a man who possesed remarkable courage and an unwavering belief in nonviolence; these traits also made him the "right man."
 * Was King "the right man at the right time"?**

** Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not? ** Yes, he would most likely be upset with the way his line is being used today. His famous quote- "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character" - has been put to uses that he probably would never have endorsed. It has become the slogan for opponents of affirmative action such as California's Ward Connerly. Some people who oppose affirmative action insist that had King was alive he would be supporting their cause. Connerly even chose King's birthday last year to announce the creation of his national fight against "racial preferences."

<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] ||