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Primary Sources - Famous Speeches: Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"

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Read the passage Famous Speeches: Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream." Then answer the questions below.
Read the passage Famous Speeches: Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream." Then answer the questions below.
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Which statement BEST describes the purpose of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech?

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What historical questions does the “I Have a Dream” speech answer? Select two correct answers.

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Drag each quote from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech into the correct box to demonstrate whether he is addressing “Current Injustices” or “Hopes for the Future.”

  • “We can never be satisfied when we are robbed of our dignity by signs stating 'For Whites Only.”
  • “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
  • “As long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality, we can never be satisfied.”
  • “With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.”
  • “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.”
  • “One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by handcuffs of segregation and the chains of discrimination.”
  • Current injustices
  • Hopes for the future