Emmett Till and MLK 's I Have a Dream Speech - August 28
The Struggle for Racial Equality and Civil Rights
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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Today's Theme: Emmett Till and MLK's I Have a Dream Speech
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ON THIS DATE
- 1789 - Astronomer William Herschel discovers Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons.
- 1862 - The Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas, begins.
- 1955 - Black teenager Emmett Till is murdered in Mississippi,
- 1957 - Senator Strom Thurmond begins a 24-hour and 18-minute filibuster to block the Senate from voting on the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
- 1963 - Martin Luther King leads the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where he gives his I Have a Dream speech.
- 1964 - Race riots erupt in Philadelphia.
- 1968 - Violence breaks out between police and anti-war demonstrators and bystanders at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
- 1996 - Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana divorce.
- 1728 - General and NH native John Stark
- 1749 - German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1774 - American nun and Catholic saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
- 1828 - Russian author Leo Tolstoy
- 1915 - Children's author and illustrator Tasha Tudor
- 1952 - Poet Rita Dove
- 1969 - Actor Jack Black
SONGS OF THE DAY FROM THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Mahalia Jackson - How I Got Over - LISTEN- The Freedom Singers - We Shall Not Be Moved - LISTEN
Joan Baez - We Shall Overcome - LISTEN Bob Dylan - Only a Pawn in Their Game - LISTEN
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Murder of Emmett Till (5:59) - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - What We Know About the Reopened Emmett Till Murder Case (8:55) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - C-SPAN Classroom - The Emmett Till Story Lesson Plan - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades 9-12 - Facing History and Ourselves - “I Wanted the Whole World to See”: The Murder of Emmett Till Six Lesson Unit - DO
- Grades 9-12 - Library of Congress - Murder of Emmiet Till -READ
THEME: MLK 's I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH AND THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
- Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. (9:44) - VIEW and DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - March on Washington Official Programs - READ
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - March on Washington Collection - VIEW, READ, DO, LISTEN
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Analyzing King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (5:35) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - PBS NewsHour - Analyzing King's "I Have a Dream" Speech Lesson Plan - DO
- Grades 6-12 -NHPBS LearningMedia - Students Reflect on “I Have a Dream” Speech (0:29) - VIEW and READ
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