Question

What does Martin Luther King Jr. make allusions to in his "I Have a Dream” speech? Select 4 options.

Abraham Lincoln
the Emancipation Proclamation
the Washington Monument
John F. Kennedy
the Constitution
the Bible

Answer 1

Let's think about the context of MLK's speech. What is he addressing in it?

Answer 2

segregation

Answer 3

Alright more specifically Civil Rights. MLK was also a pastor so we know that he will reference the Bible at some point so we can mark that one.

Answer 4

okay he also mentioned the consitution

Answer 5

Okay so we mark that too.

Answer 6

two more

Answer 7

but i dont know them

Answer 8

@iiMaddii

Answer 9

you have bible and the constitution right?

Answer 10

yeah

Answer 11

would you like a copy of his speach or me to just help?

Answer 12

i have a copy

Answer 13

ok

Answer 14

what dose the second paragraph first sentence have?? ps it has an answer

Answer 15

emancipation proclimation

Answer 16

yep

Answer 17

anddd one more

Answer 18

Abraham lincoln?

Answer 19

i wanna saay that but i cant find it

Answer 20

i would say lincoln

Answer 21

@isry am i right?

Answer 22

It is Lincoln. MLK says "Five score and seven years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation." He's referring to Lincoln here which is by him alluding to Lincoln.