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"I think his story could be inspirational not just to African Americans, but to everybody. I think we all have felt voiceless at a point in time." – Yaba Baker, fourth great-grand child of potter David Drake

Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech and explore themes such as the social conditions in the U.S. that led to the Civil Rights Movement

Students will study Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and discuss the literary influences on King's speech

Examine why the speech was a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement through a visual drawing or illustration

"So now we move backwards with the Supreme Court decision that will go down as one of the most racist rulings in our nation's history." - Leona Tate, one of several young Black students who became the first to desegregate a New Orleans school in 1960

Learn why a state Supreme Court tossed a new districting plan approved by voters

Discuss arguments around the principle of birthright citizenship outlined in the 14th Amendment

Discuss arguments around the principle of birthright citizenship outlined in the 14th Amendment

Discuss some of the struggles for freedom and equality that are still ongoing in one of the cradles of American democracy

Examine Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy with these lesson plans and videos