By the end of this lesson, students will be able to answer the following questions: How did Vice President Lyndon Johnson, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. make use of the past to shape a conversation about the present? What are some connections that you can make between the ideas in these speeches and conversations that are happening today about civil rights?
Recommended level: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
1. Three Voices for Equality: Context and Purpose
2. Reading and Analyzing Historical Speeches