" I have a dream..."

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Hello!

As I promised you this morning, you can watch the video showing the moment when Martin Luther King delivered his famous speech in Washington, on August 28, 1963:


 and here is the most important excerpt ( in my opinion!):


" I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

"I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will they be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood."

"This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with.
With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
 With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day."

"Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring—when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children—black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics—will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!


Now send me your answers to these questions ( use " comment"):

1. How did people feel when they listened to MLK's speech?
2.What was MLK fighting against?
3. What's the most important sentence in the speech you read ? Explain why in a few words.( max:50)


Enjoy your week in Breisach, lucky you! and see you next Monday!


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M
1)When MLK spoke,people believed that one day the dark-skinned and the white-skinned have the same rights<br /> 2)MLK fought against the racism and tried that the dark-skinned have the same rights than white-skinned<br /> 3)In my opinion the sentence the more important is "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." because MLK wanted that the dark-skinned and the white-skinned help,play and speak together.
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D
1. the people are cheering MLK.<br /> <br /> 2.mlk was fighting against for the indifference in the white people and the black people<br /> 3.In my opinion it is the sentence two because he express the future of the humanity by saying that discrimination between the blacks and whites so that his foor little children can live in a country where they will not judge any more by the colour of skin.
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1. How did people feel when they listened to MLK's speech?<br /> The public is enthusiasm.<br /> <br /> 2.What was MLK fighting against?<br /> He fought against the discrimination between the blacks and whites. He wished the equality.<br /> <br /> 3. What's the most important sentence in the speech you read ? Explain why in a few words.( max:50)<br /> The most important sentence is the one where he spoke about his little children because he hoped that they will not be judged by their skin colour but by what they are. He hoped that they would not undergo what he underwent.
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M
1.People felt happy and proud hearing this speech because they applaused and agreed about what he said.<br /> 2.Martin Luther King was fighting against the racial discrimination.<br /> 3.In my opinion, the most important sentence is " They will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character". Everybody is supposed to have the same rights, to be born free and equal and not to judge the others by the color of their skin so the white and black people live together without judgments and prejudices.
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1)The people feel happy<br /> 2)Martin Luther King fight the Negro segregation<br /> 3)For me the most important sentence in the speech is : "black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics"<br /> Why?Because all skinned, all characters, all religion are mix
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