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1、--MartinLutherKing,Jr.Unit3Whatwereyoudoingwhentherainstormcame?SectionBAreyoufamiliarwiththisexcitingspeech?MartinLutherKing--AheroinAmericanhistoryThebackgroundGraduatedin1948,andfrom1948to1951,hestudiedinPhiladelphiaforfurtherstudy.VisitedthepresidentKennedyin1963andaskforequalrights.OnA
2、ugust23,1963,Dr.MartinLutherKing,Jr.wasatthefrontofthe"MarchonWashington."OnthestepsoftheLincolnMemorialthatday,Dr.Kingdeliveredaspeechthatwaslaterentitled"IHaveaDream."In1964,Dr.KingwontheNobelPeacePrizeforleadingnon-violentdemonstrations.In1968,Dr.MartinLutherKing,Jr.wasassassinatedwhilehe
3、wasleadingaworkers'strikeinMemphis,Tennessee.Hislifewasthreatenedmanytimes,havebeententimesundervariousnamesimprisonment(监禁)threetimeswasputinprison,threetimesbytheassassination(行刺).OnApril4,1968,hewasshotbyaracialelementinthehotelbalcony,thenhedied,hewasonly39.Thisistheplacewherehewasshot.I
4、fyouwanttoprotestsomething,howwouldyougoaboutit?Nowletthegreatman-MartinLutherKing,Jr.tellsyouhowtodo!Inhistime,theAfrican-Americanshadnoaccesstoequalcivilrightsatall.Inordertofightfortheirlegalrights,MartinLutherKing,Jr.beganhiswork.FightingfortherightsOnAugust23,1963,acrowdofmorethan250,00
5、0peoplegatheredinWashington,D.C.andmarchedtotheCapitolBuildingtosupportthepassingoflawsthatguaranteedeveryAmericanequalcivilrights.Thatday,Dr.Kingdeliveredaspeechthatwaslaterentitled“IHaveaDream.”Ihaveadream2021/7/24Isaytoyoutodaymyfriends-soeventhoughwefacethedifficultiesoftodayandtomorrow,
6、Istillhaveadream.ItisadreamdeeplyrootedintheAmericandream.2021/7/24Ihaveadreamthatonedaythisnationwillriseupandliveoutthetruemeaningofitscreed:"Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal."IhaveadreamthatonedayontheredhillsofGeorgia,thesonsofformerslavesandthesonsofformerslav
7、eownerswillbeabletositdowntogetheratthetableofbrotherhood.IhaveadreamthatonedayeventhestateofMississippi,astateswelteringwiththeheatofinjustice,swelteringwiththeheatofoppression,willbetransformedintoanoasisoffreedomandjustice.Ihaveadreamthatmyfourl