I+Have+a+Dream+MLK

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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?** It showed that large groups of people have great impact. More people joined the movement. It helped change public opinion and pass bills and laws in favor of African Americans.

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?** -He liberated the whites from “the burden of America's centuries-old hypocrisy about race?. **Was King "the right man at the right time"?** -Yes he was because otherwise the Civil Rights Movement wouldn’t have gotten as far as it did without him. He had encouraging speeches, organized boycotts and other protests, and fought for the rights for his family and children.

**Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not?** **- No he wouldn’t be upset because it is his most famous speech that helped him achieve his goal so that all men are created equal and that people are not judged by the color of their skin. He would be happy to know that his dream did come true.**