King's+Dream

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: **

AFTER . It gave force to the civil rights movement to see that 200,000 people had come to force the government into action, it showed that action was needed and quickly. It also proved the power of mass appeal. An African American church that was also used for a meeting spot of civil rights movements was bombed by the Klu Klux Klan. It killed 4 innocent girls and wounded 20 other. But the protests did not stop. 
 * What was the impact of the March on Washington? **
 * 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: **

“Whites may owe him the greatest debt, for liberating them from the burden of America's centuries-old hypocrisy about race.” In other word he helped us see that we could treat blacks as equals. That was were all created equal under god. Yes he was. It would not have unfolded the same way without him.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Why does the author feel that whites owe King the greatest debt? **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Was King "the right man at the right time"? **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">No, King would not approve. It has become the motto for opponents of affirmative action like California's Ward Connerly. King would not have supported this.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not? **