USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

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The main focus of MLK’s speech is

(A) getting more money for America’s black population

(B) celebrating the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

(C) convincing everyone to live in peace and tranquility

(D) ** ending segregation and racial injustice in America

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Dream” speech was a call for equality. It identified the faults of America and what measures were needed to make it a better place. A central theme throughout the speech was the importance of everyone being treated equally.

Concept note-2: -He organized and led marches for Blacks’ right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other basic civil rights. (How the U.S. Voting Rights Act was won-and why it’s under fire today.) On August 28, 1963, The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom became the pinnacle of King’s national and international influence.

Concept note-3: -Martin Luther King’s struggle was about making the idea of equal rights for all a reality. One of the ways this was expressed was in his most famous speech, “I Have a Dream, ” delivered in 1963.