From the Middle Passage to Black Lives Matter by Marva McClean

Author:Marva McClean
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

I do believe that we have fulfilled Dr. King’s dream. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech was that for all men to be equal regardless of the color of their skin. Even though racism still exists today, we as a society have made enormous improvements. For instance, Black Americans are in every part of our government system, like the legislature, executive and judicial branches. We have had our first Black president elected in 2009–2017, which was Barack Obama. We also have Clarence Thomas as a Supreme Court justice. As you can see there are many famous Black people like Will Smith in “I am a Legend.” 60 years ago in the South nobody believed they would ever have had a Black president. These are the reasons I believe we have achieved Dr. King’s dream.

—Justin D.

Reflective Conversations: Question! Reflect! Write!

1. Identify and discuss one strategy the author utilizes to build the historical consciousness of the students.

2. To what extent do you agree with the author that storytelling functions to keep people intimately connected culturally, socially, and politically across the globe?

3. What is the author’s purpose in including the students’ written commentaries? ← 76 | 77 →

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