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Martin Luther King Jr.
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- Did Martin Luther King Jr. or what he stood for and accomplished affect your life? How did he influence you?
- Martin Luther King and thousands of other people were arrested while taking part in nonviolent demonstrations. Did you believe that oppressing these nonviolent demonstrations caused much of the violence later?
- In August of 1963, 200,000 people came together in the march on Washington. King made his most memorable speech there. "I have a dream that one day the nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed...." Was this inspiring to you?
- Were you there to witness this speech? Did you see it on the news or did you hear it on the radio? How did you feel when you heard it? Could you feel the power behind the speech?
- Did you think this day was a turning point for some people? Or for society? In what ways?
- In April 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. How did this event affect you? Why did you think that this happened?
- Martin Luther King Jr. wanted a peaceful solution, while the Black Power movement took a more militant approach to social change. Did you have an opinion on how this influenced what King was trying to do? With whose methods did you agree?
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