Post War America: the Cold War & Civil Rights

The  next few days we will cover the sixties through significant speeches: Two from John F. Kennedy, one from Martin Luther King, Jr., and one from Malcolm X. Your assessment will be to analyze ONE of those speeches in an on-demand essay.

First, some "Cold War" context...

Documents and links:

• Speech Analysis Worksheet
• Kennedy's Inaugural--TEXT and VIDEO
• Kennedy's address on the Cuban Missile Crisis--TEXT and VIDEO
• MLK's "I Have a Dream"--TEXT and VIDEO
• Malcolm X's "Ballot or the Bullet"--TEXT and AUDIO