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I HAVE A DREAM. 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." Because of King, the United States earned the "free world reputation" of today.


 * Was King "the right man at the right time"?** The United States was in the middle of a hard time. Many African American's and whites alongside wanted civil rights but just didn't know how to acquire it. With Martin Luther King came a leader that was willing to take the challenge he was faced with and attack it. He came at a time where people wanted to act, and his leadership worked.

** Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not? He would be in disbelief that people would use a line from a heart-felt speech about equality to "crusade against racial preferences." He would hope that people understand the topic that they are dealing with. However, when people use this line helping to push for more racial equality he would probably be pleased and happy to help out other equality activists. **

MEMORIALS

There are many memorials to King around the United States, and there will soon be a new one in Washington D.C.! Check out some of the links below, and look at the video of the new National Memorial.


 * || [|Washington, DC, **Martin Luther King** Jr. National **Memorial**]

[|The King Center]

[|**Martin Luther King** Jr National Historic Site]

[|Some King historical sites from Taft's travels] [|Some King historical video from Taft's travels] ||

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