Watch the video of the March on Washington and the listen to the speech delivere
Watch the video of the March on Washington and the listen to the speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. at
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After watching the videos, answer the following questions:
Why do you think does Martin Luther King, Jr. begin with “Five score years ago”? What is the symbolism behind giving the speech at the Lincoln Memorial? What does he mean by making the analogy of the “bad check”? What is he saying about American society in the 1960s? What is Martin Luther King Jr.’s main message? What is the tone of his speech? Is it effective? Why or why not? If you were in Washington, D.C. listening to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech in 1963, how would it make you feel? What does it tell you about the Civil Rights Movement? Are the issues from the Civil Rights Movement still relevant today? Why or why not?
Your assignment is to be submitted into Canvas as an essay 5-6 full-paged double-spaced left-justified Word document.