"I Have a Dream" speech
The thing Dr. King urges his followers NOT to do.
What is to take up violence?
To be forever tied
What is inextricably?
America has _________________(ed) on it's promise. It has not "paid" the African Americans what Lincoln promised them in the emancipation proclamation.
What is default.
King says the people are suffering from annoying or frustrating events.
What is tribulation?
King hopes for an _______________________ autumn of freedom and equality.
What is a invigorating?
The Jews use this word to mean Christians
What is Gentile
Great or far-reaching importance. Great significance.
What is momentous?
The promissory note that the country has made to all of its citizens.
What is the guarantee of equal rights?
*promissory is a verbal commitment by one person to another
King did not want his people to roll around in the valley of despair.
What is wallow?
The Declaration of Independence promised people _______________________ rights. Rights that could not be taken away.
The separation of people by race.
What is segregation?
Unjust or unfair action or treatment based on prejudice.
What is discrimination?
Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. "redemption" is _________________
What is the act of purchasing back something previously sold or, in this case, acting to save someone from a sin or evil.
King says the people are in a dark valley of segregation. It is like they are in a barren wasteland.
What is desolate?
Way in which Mr. King organized his demonstration in order to minimize injuries.
What is nonviolent?
"Now is the time" for the civil rights movement. We should not "become feeble" or lose steam.
What is languish?
The act of aggressively supporting a political or social cause.
What is militancy?
To render ineffective or useless. To invalidate something. A check that is "null and void" is not worth anything.
What is nullification?
King says he wants a beautiful symphony of brotherhood not a jangling ______________.
What is discord?
Refusal of a group to associate or trade with another group.
What is boycott?
MLK repeats "let freedom ring." He exalts the idea of freedom for all. What is exalt?
praise, glorify or honor
King describes the mountains of New Hampshire as great in size.
What is prodigious?
MLK has come to Washington to "cash a check" The check that was written guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Which document is this from?
What is the Declaration of Independence
The people in the South lived in a hot and humid climate. Often the heat was ___________________.
What is sweltering?
The occupation of Dr. King and his college degree.
What is minister or theology?