My Dear Students,
The speech that you are going to read and hear is
a 17-minute public speech by Martin Luther King,
Jr. delivered on August 28, 1963.
Martin Luther King called for racial equality
and an end to discrimination. The speech, from the steps of the Lincoln
Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a defining
moment of the American Civil Rights Movement.
This speech is
powerful and sometimes difficult for the non-native speaker as Martin Luther King’s
language is full of images and metaphors. But Isabel Salinas and myself (María
Zabala Peña) did not want this to
prevent you from listening and understanding one of the most powerful speeches
of the 20th century.
Take your time to study
the vocabulary before you listen to the vibrating voice of Martin Luther King. Then, as usual, answer the questions below.
To download the text, and vocabulary go HERE
QUESTIONS
1. Martin Luther King mentions some of the most powerful moments of American history.
1.a. Do you know what these refer to?
- a great American
- Constitution
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Declaration of Independence
2. Martin Luther King says “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism”
What do you understand by this sentence?
3. "And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.”
You have heard this expression many times. What does it mean?
4. Martin Luther King is one of the most important icons of people fighting against injustice. Can you think of others? Explain why they are so relevant.
Questions by Isabel Salinas and myself, María Zabala Peña
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This is such a great speech. Martin really is an icon of the fight for black rights. Also, this speech really puts you in a situation of what was happening during those times and how black people were treated. It was really interesting to listen at it.
This listening has been a definitely been a lesson, We all know how Martin Luther King was and still is one of the most outstanding figure of the continuous fight for black rights. During the speech I could understand perfectly what was going on during this time and how they mistreated people of color.
Quite interesting and sad that even though time has passed we are still fighting the same battle.
I have a dream by Martin Luther King, it’s a very inspiring and powerful speech, which made a huge historical change. And it’s good to remind ourselves of the whole battle that’s been done during centuries. Especially this year with all the Black Lives Matter movement, to continue fighting for human rights. - CB
Martin Luther King's speech was an still is truly inspiring. The battle for black-rights is not over yet, this is a very serious matter and I hope trough movements like the one born this year (Black Lives Matter), we get closer day by day to equal rights.
It is very inspiring watching such an eventful and important moment in history, filled with such hope and determination to make the future a better and safer place for all people, no matter the race. It is also, though, very disappointing how little has changed in these past 57 years. Most of the problems people of colour faced in the past are still very common in the modern day, if not worse. Though it is true small advancements have been made, the sheer lack of grand, more important issues having been solved since then is painful to admit. Even so, though nowadays the situation is frightfully similar to that of the 60's, that doesn't mean we should give up hope to build a better world for all.
It is very inspiring to see the speech, I feel like it is important to keep in mind that we have to keep figthing against racisim. Also, the audio quality was undestandably kinda bad so it was kinda hard to understand all that he was saying.
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