Teaching using Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Gettysburg Address”

Mr. Martin Luther King took us on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Washington's founding and freedom in August including "I am making a speech like a dream". Of course, this event and speech are seen not only by the moment of civil rights movement but also by many as a moment of American history. Even teachers of history, English and voice highlight the ideas and styles presented using this speech.

Dr. Martin Luther King, small. I was not in Gettysburg in 1963, but Vice President Lyndon Johnson was an anniversary. He makes a speech on the anniversary of Gettysburg National Cemetery. On the surface it seems that his speech is focused on commemorating the sacrifice of soldiers buried there, but remembering that they helped the army maintain peace at the expense of their sacrifice Please understand. After the era, he took a different approach

"When we keep peace igil, we must remember that justice is igig, we protected vils in our streets and schools, and in the lives of all of our people Slaves were released many years ago and after 100 years the blacks were still bound by the color of his skin. "

The New York Times published an article about the 1963 speech that recently attracted my attention. The words of this speech reveal some

In LBJ's opinion, he will become president in a few months, and his "wonderful society" plan will be implemented. The revolutionary civil rights bill of 1964 will be passed in about a year. Some people may say that these are part of 'justice'.

This presentation was included in the module called Active Citizenship at the end of the year. In this module, we focus on four ways citizens can change our country: education, litigation, legislation, and innovation. Our department has taken examples of each method from the civil rights movement. A few months later, this speech is like Dr. Jin's "I dream" and is also an educational attempt.

1. Compare the text of the LBJ's speech with the text of the Gettysburg speech. What kind of questions can I ask? How was the situation of "freedom of life" described by Lincoln in a speech in 1863?

2. For the civil class, we use the fact that Johnson quotes "law" in the speech. This formulation may lead to discussion of the "Constitution" as a "higher law". If not, what does the law mean? We can also discuss domestic rights issues. These problems still exist in 1963 (and still) after the 100 years war.

"Although the law can not save people who deny it, it can not serve those who do not use it, the history of injustice and inequality is the history of abolishing the law, the law has not failed - and There was no failure. "

If you teach units in the 1960's, this presentation will give students a glimpse of LBJ's idea. Letting students study may give people in Texas a view of freedom and equality.

When Gettysburg begins to think that it is a speech by three days fight or Lincoln, it starts to notice that there are many connections between 1863, 1963 and 2013.

Shribman, David. "Gettysburg Address of L. B. J." The New York Times. New York Times Company, 24th May 2013. website

Vice President Lyndon Johnson has issued a powerful statement to support civil rights in Gettysburg. In the spring of 1963, civil rights demo in Birmingham, Alabama swept the country and the world (see the use of infamous fire hose and police dogs for civil rights demo on May 3, 1963). Johnson strongly opposed the aspiration of the civil rights movement. On June 11, 1963 his commitment to civil rights was more enthusiastic than the more famous national television address to President John F. Kennedy.

After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Lyndon B. Johnson served as president in November 1963. In the presidential election in 1964, this authority to promote the law that Johnson is officially elected with overwhelming victory and is convinced that improving America's lifestyle, such as strengthening the voting rights, I gave it. The 15th revision ratified in 1870 after the end of the civil war prohibited the people from denying the voting rights of men based on "conditions of race, color, or previous slavery". However, in the following decades, various discriminatory practices have been used to prevent African Americans, especially those in the south, from exercising their voting rights.