MLK+Dream

I HAVE A DREAM! Cut and paste this information into a new page on your Unit 8 Online Notebook.

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


 * OUR WORDS - 100 years ago, we were promised freedom but still know we don't have any freedom. This is why we are here.**

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


 * OUR WORDS - America promises freedom but they don't really have it and did not fulfill their promise.**

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


 * OUR WORDS - We want desegregation now and this is the time to have it.**

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


 * OUR WORDS - Don't do bad things to justify segregation. In order to get desegregation we must be non violent and not be bitter or hateful.**

Excerpt 5 - [|I Have a Dream -- Excerpt 5] //The marvelous new militancy ... We cannot turn back.//
 * OUR WORDS - We can trust our white brothers and our destiny is inextricably tied to freedom.**

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


 * OUR WORDS - This will not be easy. We will not give up.**

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


 * OUR WORDS - He has a dream that his children will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.**

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

//And this will be the day ... we are free at last!//
 * OUR WORDS - All people will have freedom.**

AFTER

**If we didn't get to it in class, watch [|16th Street] to see what happened right after the March.**

KING

** Read the essay from [|**TIME 100 - Martin Luther King**] **. As you do, respond to the following questions **Why does the author feel that whites owe King the greatest debt?**


 * 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?