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On April 4, 1967 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his speech "Beyond Vietnam." The controversy that followed is the focus of a three-lesson unit that asks class members to consider the political and social implications of King's stance.
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- To establish the context for the speech, have class members read the attached article and watch the PBS documentary, Eyes on the Prize: The Promised Land
Classroom Considerations
- The first lesson in the unit places King's speech in its historical context
- In the second lesson class members read editorials and letters in support of and opposed to King's decision to speak out against the war
- The final lesson in the unit asks individuals to craft argument essay in which they use evidence from materials they have studied to support their stance
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- The question of whether or not the Vietnam War should be viewed in the larger social and political context is left for individuals to decide
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