Thurs., April 29 :: Civil Rights :: The Power of Nonviolence
Read
- Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream” — your textbook, pages 375-78
Extra credit recommendation:
Watch
King Responds to Malcolm X’s Criticism of Nonviolence
“I Have a Dream”
“I’ve Been to the Mountain Top”
King’s last speech before his assassination.
Extra Credit
King Defends the Tactics of Nonviolent Resistance on Meet the Press :: Part 1
King Defends the Tactics of Nonviolent Resistance on Meet the Press :: Part 2
King Defends the Tactics of Nonviolent Resistance on Meet the Press :: Part 3
Bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church, Birmingham :: The History Channel
King, “What murdered these four little girls?”
Walter Kronkite, The Assassination of Dr. King
King, “Don’t Let Anyone Take your Manhood”
- “Nobody else can do this for us.”
- The color black should not be considered evil, but beautiful.