MLK Speech Analysis

What is segregation?

• allowing people of different races to be together in public areas

• separating people of different races from public areas such as schools, restaurants, and parks.

• a type of food

• a city in the South

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During segregation in the South, black and white children had equal educational facilities (books, furniture, buildings, supplies, and equipment.)

• True

• False

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The Civil Rights Movement

• was an ongoing fight for racial equality

• gained momentum in the 1950's

• was intended to give African Americans full citizenship rights

• all of the above

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The Jim Crow Laws

• were written by Jim Crow

• required the segregation of black in white people in public places.

• did not exist

• were fair to people of all races.

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The name of the speech Martin Luther King Jr. delivered to a group of junior high school students on October, 26 1967 was called

• I Have a Dream

• Believe in Yourself

• Be Proud of Your Color

• What is your Life's Blueprint?

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In this speech Martin Luther King Jr. tried to deliver the message that young people should

• follow their dreams

• believe in themselves

• be determined and achieve excellence

• all of the above

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A young person's life can be compared to a blueprint because

• a blueprint serves as a pattern or guide.

• a blueprint is not necessary in life.

• a blueprint is not real.

• you will need one to build a house.

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Martin Luther King Jr. believed in the importance of education and urged young people to stay in school.

• True

• False

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What are THREE principles that Dr. King says are most important to have in your life's blueprint?

• Believe in yourself.

• Don't give up.

• Listen to your mom

• Be ready to enter new doors of opportunity.

• Do only easy things

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"If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill, be a shrub in the valley. But be the best little shrub on the side of the hill. For it isn't by size that you win or fail."

• Meaning:

  Shrubs are necessary to provide shade in the valley.

• Meaning: Whatever you chose to do in life, be the best you can be at it.

• Meaning:

  You can't be good at everything.

• Meaning:

  Pines are better than shrubs.

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