Union Station

the White House

the National Cathedral

the Lincoln Memorial

struggle for equal rights with discipline and dignity

appreciate the freedoms they currently have

register to vote, even if it is not convenient

regard all white people with suspicion

He wants everyone in his audience to register to vote.

He wants Americans to appreciate their heritage more.

He wants his audience to secure civil rights for all Americans.

He wants white Americans to apologize for the evils of slavery.

power for the poor and disadvantaged

more wealth and prosperity for all Americans

election of more public officials from minority ranks

liberty and justice for all Americans regardless of race

Jon was deeply upset by the tragic story of the opera.

Jon felt uplifted in spirit by the glorious music he heard.

Jon felt soothed because the music was calm and serene.

Jon had a painful headache because the opera was so loud.

analogy

repetition

parallelism

restatement

go back to

slums and ghettos

will be changed

knowing that somehow

repetition

symbolism

direct quotation

charged language

The inability of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention to act on the issue of slavery led to nearly 200 years of unrest that came to a head during the civil rights movement.

Although John F. Kennedy was killed before much of his civil rights program was enacted, his successor, Lyndon B. Johnson, fulfilled his promises of justice for African Americans.

Baseball player Jackie Robinson, singer Marian Anderson, poet Langston Hughes, and minister Martin Luther King Jr. all played crucial roles in the fight for civil rights.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of nine brave students who integrated the Little Rock school system, grew up to become an internationally known journalist.

The 1960s saw mass social and economic protests in France, Italy, Poland, and many other places besides the United States.

Martin Luther, the German religious leader for whom King was named, wrote the Ninety-Five Theses, founded a new church, and translated the Bible into German.

President Lyndon Johnson's ambitious program of social reform, so important to King's fight for civil rights, was partially derailed by American involvement in the Vietnam War.

When Branch Rickey hired Jackie Robinson to play for the Brooklyn Dodgers, he explained that Robinson would need courage to keep from fighting back when taunted or threatened.