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Dr. King had the power, the ability, and the capacity to transform those steps on the Lincoln Memorial into a monumental area that will forever be recognized.
By speaking the way he did, he educated, he inspired, he informed not just the people there, but people throughout America and unborn generations.
King departed from his prepared text for a partly improvised speech on the theme of "I have a dream", possibly prompted by Mahalia Jackson's cry, "Tell them about the dream, Martin."
The Center of African American Art and History started with a dream of an eleven year old African American girl who wanted to see more African American culture in her community.
Today her dream to educate, inspire and inform not just children here in Holland Michigan, but throughout America and unborn generations.
The Center of African American Art and History presents a unique artistic collaboration between a poet, 17 visual artists, and two composers from around the country. The exhibit “Haiku Middle Passage” is a traveling show designed to capture the breadth and relevance of remembering our connection to the slave trade 200 years ago and now to global issues of social injustices.
Haiku Middle Passage seeks to travel to 197 more sites before returning to Michigan for is final 200th exhibit. Once HMP reaches its’ 200th exhibit, one year for each in the commemoration, the pieces will be auctioned off and proceeds will go to charity. Each aspect of this exhibit is designed to echo, not only the soul of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade, but also our current issues around forced human bondage and other social injustices.
This language arts unit allows students k-3 to analyze African folk tales about Anansi the spider. Students will use the tales as springboards to study story elements and writing techniques. Various skills, such as sequencing, identifying main idea, characterization and writing will be utilized to help students improve their reading and writing skills.