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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

407 minutes

16 Items

I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Identity

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

E Lesson

20 Min

Inner City “Blues”: Music and Societal Frustrations in the Wake of the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

E Lesson

20 Min

Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and Purpose

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

Liberty and Equality for African Americans During Reconstruction

E Lesson

20 Min

Justice for All

Lesson

9 Activities

95 Min

Martin Luther King, Jr., I Have a Dream, 1963

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Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963

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Martin Luther King, Jr., Montgomery Bus Boycott Speech, 1955

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Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go From Here?, 1967

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Handout A: The Declaration and Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr., “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” 1963

Activity

40 Min

Martin Luther King Jr. and The March on Washington to the Lincoln Memorial | BRIdge from the Past

Video

10 Min

Reading Martin Luther King Jr’s “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” | A Primary Source Close Read

Video

42 Min

Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream,” August 28, 1963

Activity

40 Min

Rosa Parks sits outside. Martin Luther King Jr. sits in the background.

Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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