PBS NewsHour Classroom - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech as visual text

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Middle & High School

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Students will examine why the speech was a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement and explain their analysis through a visual drawing or illustration.

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Source: PBS NewsHour Classroom