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Dr Martin Luther King

The future of race relations in the United States of America (with particular reference to the South). Dr Martin Luther King. Washington DC August 28 1963. Status Summary. 1863 Emancipation proclamation signed This gave hope to millions 1963 African Americans still not free. Progress.

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Dr Martin Luther King

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  1. The future of race relations in the United States of America (with particular reference to the South) Dr Martin Luther King Washington DC August 28 1963

  2. Status Summary • 1863 Emancipation proclamation signed • This gave hope to millions • 1963 African Americans still not free

  3. Progress • America has given African Americans a blank check • We have come to cash this check

  4. Attention Areas • Victims of police brutality • Signs saying ‘Whites only’ • African Americans cannot vote in Mississippi • In New York nothing to vote for

  5. I have a dream • All rise up and live out creed: all men are equal • In Georgia sons of slaves and sons of slave owners will sit down together • Mississippi transformed to oasis of freedom

  6. Dream (contd) • Children will not be judged by colour of skin but by their character • In Alabama black boys and girls will join hands with white boys and girls • Every hill & mountain made low, rough places made plain, crooked places made straight

  7. Let freedom ring from: • The Rockies • Slopes of California • Stone Mtn, Georgia • Lookout Mtn, Tennessee • Every hill in Mississippi

  8. All of the following will be free • Black • White • Jews • Gentiles • Protestant • Catholic We didn’t have the insensitivity to add clipart to this list, but guess you’ve got the idea by now…..

  9. Any questions?

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