MLK's+Dream+Speech

THE MARCH

** Read the [|last paragraph from ABC-CLIO]and the second paragraph from [|CORE's discussion of the March] to answer the question below: **

**What was the impact of the March on Washington?**  The March on Washington informed the government that they had to be aware quickly active in the fast growing civil rights movement. Also it helped motivate the Government to get even more involved in the Civil Rights Movement, on either side. In addition, it also proved that the African Americans would not stop at any length until they gain their freedom and their check is cashed. ** AFTER **

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

 In Birmingham Alabama, a Baptist church who played a major role in the Civil Rights Movements was purposely bombed by people who opposed their ideas. As a result, four young girls died in the explosion. The explosion was extremely publicized, like many other events of the time. People were horrified by the graphic images and many began to blame the violence on the Government.

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?** For liberating them from the burden of America's centuries-old hypocrisy about race.

**Was King "the right man at the right time"?** Yes, he was the clincher, the right man for the job.

**Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not?** He would disagree with his current quoted quoted line because has become the slogan for opponents of affirmative action like California's Ward Connerly, who insist, incredibly, that had King lived he would have been marching alongside them.