"We Shall Be Free" Constructed Response
"...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
one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of
former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of
brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of
Excerpt taken from "I Have a Dream" speech delivered by Martin
Luther King, Jr. on the steps at the
1) Who delivered the above speech and where
did it take place?
2) What other document is quoted in the
excerpt above and what is the importance or significance of that reference?
3) Summarize the message and meaning of both
the song and speech. How are they similar and are there any differences? Be sure
to discuss the significance of each documents title.
4) Identify and describe the method of
protest Martin Luther King and his followers used?
5) Write meaningful concept sentences about
the U.S. Civil Rights Movement using each of the following concept words;
political system, power, change, justice, choice.
We
Shall Be Free
By Garth Brooks
This ain't comin'
from no prophet
Just an ordinary man
When I close my eyes I see
The way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand
When the last child
cries for a crust of bread
When the last man dies for just words that he said
When there's shelter over the poorest head
We shall be free
When the last thing
we notice is the color of skin
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within
When the skies and the oceans are clean again
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud
'Cause we shall be free
When we're free to love anyone we choose
When this world's big enough for all different views
When we all can worship from our own kind of pew
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Have a little faith
Hold out
'Cause we shall be free
And when money
talks for the very last time
And nobody walks a step behind
When there's only one race and that's mankind
Then we shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith, hold out
We shall be free
We shall be free
We shall be free
Stand straight, have a little faith
We
shall be free
( From the album The Chase (c)1992 )