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CERCA Now: MLK

Written by ThinkCERCA Team | January 16, 2023

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Remembering The March

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Martin Luther King Jr. 

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Massive Nonviolence

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ELEMENTARY

What is the best way to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the upcoming holiday?

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MIDDLE

What is the most important way that people in positions of power can demonstrate Martin Luther King’s words, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

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HIGH SCHOOL

“I Have a Dream” Speech: Nearly 60 years later, which aspects of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream have been realized and which have yet to be achieved?

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Role of Machines 

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