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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 his life? How did he influence him?
- Martin Luther King and thousands of other people were arrested while taking part in nonviolent demonstrations. Did he 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 him?
- Was he there to witness this speech? Did he see it on the news or did he hear it on the radio? How did he feel when he heard it? Could he feel the power behind the speech?
- Did he 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 him? Why did he 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 he have an opinion on how this influenced what King was trying to do? With whose methods did he agree?
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