Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Below you will find one audio file and one open letter presenting the Civil Rights movement from Dr. Martin Luther King’s perspective. Using the SPACES technique, analyze MLK's position and consider what his slant and significance might be in the Civil Rights Movement.
Eight months before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington D.C., he spoke these words to a crowd of 1,800 people in a Rocky Mount, NC gymnasium on November 27, 1962. Click the link below and then scroll down to access the audio file of the speech.
MLK's open letter to "The Negro College Student of Today" pushing for a move toward integration and not just desegregation. Read below. You need only read the first two pages to get the key ideas behind Dr. King's arguments.