vocabulary& quotesfrom Dr.

King

by Guy SwentekWilson Elementary

charactercharacterone’s “inner” qualitiesone’s “inner” qualities

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their charactercharacter.

demandingdemanding request urgently and forcefullyrequest urgently and forcefully

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be

demandeddemanded by the oppressed.

doctoratdoctoratee• the highest degree in a field of study

Whatever career you may choose for

yourself – doctordoctor, lawyer, teacher – let

me propose an avocation to be

pursued along with it. Become a dedicated

fighter for civil rights. Make it a

central part of your life. It will make you a

better doctordoctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher.

f a i rf a i r balanced view; balanced view;

without without favoritismfavoritismGod sent us by here,

to say to you that you're not treating his

children right. And we've come by here to ask you to make the

first item on your agenda fairfair

treatment, where God's children are

concerned.

ministerminister Latin word for Latin word for servantservant; church leader; church leader

Everybody can be great because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

Nonviolence is a powerful powerful and just weapon. Which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man

who wields it.

It is a sword that heals.

preejudicee•"pre-judging" something

before the facts are known

Let us all hope that the dark Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racialclouds of racial preejudicee will will soon pass away, and that in soon pass away, and that in

some not too distant some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of tomorrow the radiant stars of

love and brotherhood will love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation shine over our great nation with all their scintillating with all their scintillating

beauty.beauty.

protestsprotests• publicly and forcefully making one’s

opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy

If you will protestprotest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the

history books are written in future generations, the historians will have to pause

and say: “There lived a great people - a black people - who injected new meaning and

dignity into the veins of civilization.”

r i o t sr i o t sa public act of violence by a a public act of violence by a

crowdcrowd

R I o t sR I o t s are the voices of the unhear

d.

v i o l e n v i o l e n c ec eusing physical force using physical force

to carry out one's willto carry out one's will Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.