Pull together American history in the context of Civil RIghts and looking at past, present, and future!

On MLK Jr. Day 2025 it was also the.Inauguration. During the exchange of power, there was a prayer given by Rev. Lorenzo Sewell. He used the iconic “I have a Dream” speech to create a new prayer for today And I thought it was a powerful way to look at progress, challenges, and transitions in history.

Have some both simple and thought-provoking discussions about the timeline of history from the Declaration of Independence to the Emancipation Proclamation, to the March on Washington, to the Inauguration this week. Use Rhetorical Analysis to compare and contrast the iconic “I have a Dream” Speech with Rev. Lorenzo Sewell’s remix of it during the Trump Inauguration of 2025.