MLK's+Dream

KING

** Read the essay from [|**TIME 100 - Martin Luther King**] **. As you do, respond to the following questions **Why does the author feel that whites owe King the greatest debt?** Because not only did he help African Americans break through segregation but he also helped whites and America eliminate the hypocrisy about race. The U.S. would never have become known as the leader of the "free world" without his leadership. He abolished the belief of separate but equal and this was very important for America's image.


 * Was King "the right man at the right time"?** Yes! through all the men and women who took a stand leading up to this point, MLK was the climax or culmination of it all. Without him, the U.S. would not be the same today.

** Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not? Yes, it has become a slogan for opponents of affirmative action such as Ward Connerly. People are saying that if King was still alive today, he would be marching along side of them. People also took highly selective meaning of his message. They would carve up his words and change them to fit there conditions. King would never have liked this because that is not what his message truly was or was meant to be. ** media type="custom" key="6100045" align="left"

MEMORIALS

There are many memorials to King around the United States, and there will soon be a new one in Washington D.C.! Check out some of the links below, and look at the video of the new National Memorial.


 * || [|Washington, DC, **Martin Luther King** Jr. National **Memorial**]

[|The King Center]

[|**Martin Luther King** Jr National Historic Site]

[|Some King historical sites from Taft's travels] [|Some King historical video from Taft's travels] ||