The 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington: Leadership at the March through Music and Speeches

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Civil Rights Movement Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Lincoln memorial speeches orators racism
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English-Language Arts Music History-Social Science
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The 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington: Leadership at the March through Music and Speeches

While Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech became the most famous to come out of the March on Washington, he was by no means the only person to address the massive crowd assembled on the National Mall. Use this lesson plan to look at the other civil rights leaders and orators who spoke that day, and how effectively they conveyed their messages.

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