Extension Activities
1) Write a paragraph or two answering the following question: Choose one of the themes (freedom, justice, brotherhood/sisterhood) that King emphasized in his speech. How free would King judge America to be today? How just? How much brotherhood can be found in America? Sisterhood?
Gather information from two sources before writing your paragraphs. (Post the links to your sources at the bottom of your paragraphs)
Write 250 words app and post the answer on your blog.
2) Imagine you are a newspaper reporter who has been tasked to cover the March on Washington. After listening to King’s speech, write an article describing the speech and the crowd’s reaction. Write 400 words app, post the article on your blog.
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1. Since the beginnings of history justice has been a term that has been discussed, in different contexts and situations. Clearly Martin Luther King's speech isn`t an exception, but in this particle speech the difference is that it tackles the injustice between white and african american people in the USA. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." with that quote Martin Luther King empazises on the idea of equality and even before saying that, he refers to the emancipation proclamation where, as he confirms, a light of hope emerged. It is clear that Martin Luther King does not think america has the equality standards that were proposed in the first years of america as a country, and that the african american people are still hoping and fighting for them today. King makes a particular highlight on the states of the country that do still have an impressive amount of discrimination and laws that determine segregation, different treats and in overall summary, injustice.
-http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm
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Massive protest
March for equality
Martin Luther King leads the polemic fight for justice.
WASHINGTON D.C. - Yesterday the massive march, which had mostly african american attendance, went from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial, where they stopped and listened to an euphoric and optimistic leader called Martin Luther King, the Baptist minister from the south of the USA, who spoke about the african american and white people relationship, and the current situation of our country USA in this topic, going against discrimination and segregation.
The 3-mile distance between the Lincoln memorial and Washington monument, were not an obstacle for the 318.000 people who supported the speech, which was also televised, the amount of people that watched and/or listened to the speech is uncountable.
Sisterhood, brotherhood, justice and freedom were the main topics that King tackled in his speech, that went also to the foundations of our nation because of the reference to the Emancipation Proclamation done in 1863, He said: "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity." Having an obvious big support from the african american audience which responded with optimistic reactions that were super noticeable. There was also a religious base in the speech specially because of the term sisterhood and brotherhood, all of this because of King's Cristian beliefs that were solidly exposed. Could this be the begging of a change of what has been the american's society traditions and normal conduct until today?
