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Mara Peoples May 17, 2011 Taft History 8-4

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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?**

He feels that whites owe King the greatest debt because he liberated them from the burden of America's centuries-old hypocrisy about race


 * Was King "the right man at the right time"?**

He was because without Martin Luther King the movement would not have gone the way it did without King at it's head. He was a great leader of this difficult movement and persevered through all challenges set before him.


 * Would King be upset with the current use of his most often quoted line? Why or why not?**

I think King would not be upset, because his most quoted line is being used and endorsed much more than he would have ever expected which is an excellent thing to be proud of. It is used for slogans of many different companies who insist that if King had lived he would be marching alongside them.

THE MARCH


 * Read the [|last paragraph from ABC-CLIO] and the second paragraph from [|CORE's discussion of the March] to answer the question below: **

What was the impact of the March on Washington?

It proved the power of mass appeal and inspired imitators in the ani-twar, feminists, and environmental movements all around the nation. Although the march was more complex it was a high point of the Civil Rights Movement, and was followed by more militant, and race-conscious approaches. This march gave a new impetus to the growing Civil Rights Movement and showed the government that action was needed immediately.

 AFTER

If we didn't get to it in class, watch [|16th Street] to see what happened right after the March.