Emmett Till and MLK 's I Have a Dream Speech - August 28

Sunday, August 28, 2022

• Today is International Bow Tie Day, International Read Comics in Public Day, National Cherry Turnover Day, and National Power Rangers Day.
  
  
• August is National Wellness Month, National Sandwich Month, National Golf Month, National Water Quality Month, Black Business Month, International Pirate Month, and National Crayon Collection Month.
  
  
• Health and Wellness Resource of the Day: OSF Health Kids
  
  
• Sandwich of the Day: Grilled Monterey Jack and Marmalade Sandwiches

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
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.

BIRTHDAYS

• 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

THEME: EMMETT TILL

• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Murder of Emmett Till (53:01) -VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Murder of Emmett Till - Emmett Till's Funeral (1:43) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Murder of Emmett Till - The World Learns of Emmett Till (1:02) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Murder of Emmett Till - Emmett Till: A Sacrificial Lamb (1:06) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Murder of Emmett Till - Lynching in Mississippi (1:12) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Murder of Emmett Till - Jim Crow in Mississippi (0:51) - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - What We Know About the Reopened Emmett Till Murder Case (8:55) - VIEW

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

Watch 

• NHPBS  - 11.1   Comcast (802)   Live Stream   More Options
  NH WORLD - 11.3   Comcast (965)  More Options
• SCIGIRLS - Code Concert
  Sunday, 8/28 from 9-9:30 am NHPBS
  Britanee, Estrella, and Saabiriinn collaborate with singers on a concert for Deaf and hearing audiences. They code software that “paints with music,” creating a stunning visual display of a live vocal performance. SciGirls Streaming Video in English and Spanish
  
  
• EUROPE'S NEW WILD - Europe's Amazon
  Sunday, 8/28 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
  See how the precious habitats of the Danube Delta depend on a healthy river to continue growing. The Danube is Europe's largest preserved wetland, but many of the species that call it home are the last of their kind. EUROPE'S NEW WILD Streaming Video
  
  
• NATURE: The Bat Man of Mexico
  Sunday, 8/28 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
  An ecologist tracks the Lesser Long-nosed bat's epic migration across Mexico, braving hurricanes, snakes, Mayan tombs, and seas of cockroaches, in order to save the species and the tequila plants they pollinate. NATURE Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339