Martin Luther King Jr.

SWBAT: analyze a portion of MLK’s “I have a dream” speech and examine the effect it had on people who were present during the March on Washington.

Homework: King’s effect on listeners worksheet.

Do Now: finish the effect on everyday Americans worksheet if unfinished in class.

MLK and Soul Force

King believed strongly in soul force, or nonviolent resistance.

He pulled inspiration from a variety of sources: Jesus: love your enemies.

Henry David Thoreau: civil disobedience- the refusal to follow unjust laws.

A. Philip Randolph: massive demonstrations.

Gandhi: resist oppression without violence.

Protests turn violent

Freedom Riders, those who rode integrated buses to the south, met violence once they entered Alabama:Were beaten, threatened, and almost blown up when someone tossed

a bomb on a bus.

Birmingham, AL: 1,000 African American children marched in the city protesting segregation. The “children’s crusade” was met with high-pressured fire hoses,

attack dogs, and police brutality.

All the while, the media captured it all.

The March on Washington

In order to try and convince Congress to pass the civil rights bill that would grant equal access to all public accommodations, NAACP organizers decided to protest in Washington.

On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King appeared and gave his famous “I have a Dream” speech in front of 250,000 people.

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, people listened as King spoke.

“I Have a Dream”

How did the speech make you feel?

What kind of things does King dream of one day seeing?

Why is it significant that King deviates from his speech in the minutes we watched?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs

10:45

15:00

The effects on politics

Two months after the speech, JFK was shot in Dallas.

Lyndon Johnson picked up where JFK left off and passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which: prohibited discrimination because of race, religion,

national origin, and gender.

gave all citizens the right to enter libraries, parks, washrooms, restaurants, theaters, and other public accommodations.

The effect on everyday people

Follow the link provided.

Using 3 of the following, fill in the chart provided: ‘Pass the Bill’ To Tell Our Children

Sisters, Marching Together Electricity in the Air

Standing Up

Read the story and fill in the chart. Bullet points are fine. Your focus should be on the effect the speech had on the individual.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/08/23/us/march-on-washington-anniversary-memories.html