Literature Black voices

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Lesson duration is: 60 min

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Did you know?

Between 1525 and 1866, in the entire history of the slave trade to the New World, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, 12.5 million Africans were shipped to the New World. 10.7 million survived the dreaded Middle Passage, disembarking in North America, the Caribbean and South America.

And how many of these 10.7 million Africans were shipped

directly to North America? Only about 388,000.

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The American whites used education as a tool to surpress black people. How are literacy and freedom related?

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What does the writer of this poem want to share here?

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Dr. M. Luther King in front of the Lincoln Memorial (Washington)

"I have a dream ..."

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Task

1. What techniques did Dr. King use to make

it a powerful speech?

2. What were his aims with this speech?

3. Do you think this speech would still be as

touching and effective if it was delivered

these days?

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But there is hope

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