Watch the video below to begin learning about the events of the March on Washington on August 22, 1963.

opening hymns
Mahalia Jackson
Watch the videos below that show John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches at the March.  You can either read the speeches by clicking the link under the video or watch the video.  After you have finished the speech, use the scaffolded template (in the document) to write a response to the speech in your journal.
After you have finished the speech, use the scaffolded template (in the document) to write a response to the speech in your journal.
Martin Luther King Jr delivers the "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial
John Lewis - leader of SNCC - speaks at the Lincoln Memorial
Watch the video below that connects 1963 to 2020 and then complete a Journal Entry.
What do you think we can learn from the events of 1963?  What impressed you about those who were on the foreground at that time?  What are your hopes for our nation today?

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A  Life as a Civil Rights Leader
John Robert Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) was an American statesman and civil rights leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020.
watch the videos above