MLK+Dream

I HAVE A DREAM August 28, 1963 media type="custom" key="6108157"
 * It’s been called the greatest speech in history – period. The words that Martin Luther King Jr. exclaimed in the nation’s capital in August of 1963 still ring in the ears of Americans. But what exactly did he actually say? What was his dream? Listen to the excerpts from Dr. King’s speech and summarize and illustrate each on the Power Point file. **

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?** Because he made it so that whites lost the title of racist.


 * Was King "the right man at the right time"?** Yes he was he had great leadership and was from the right place and came at the right time.

** Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not? ** A little because he thought that wasn't his best work and nobody would want someone not to recognize their best work.

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] ||