Civil Rights Protests with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Similarities and Differences T-Chart

Compare and contrast the demonstrations in Georgia and Florida that Rabbi Secher takes part in, using details from the story.

Language Identification

Listen closely and check off each phrase as you hear it

• The year was 1962
• I was about to start in my very first congregation
• I got a phone call that Martin Luther King had asked for clergy
• It did not take me more than 30 seconds to say sure I’ll be there
• They gathered in a small church with about 75 other Northerners
• Meeting tonight
• There was a pretty good chance they would end up in jail
• It was a prayer service
• We were arrested and thrown in jail in Albany, Georgia
• We integrated the jail
• The call came again from Martin Luther King
• Would any of the rabbis consider joining those marches
• We were going to walk from the black area, through the white area, to the slave market
• The night before someone had been shot and killed along the route
• I ended up leading the march
• And we sang the whole way, you know, the freedom songs
• We shall overcome
• It’s important to tell the story, so the story is told, and it’s not lost, it doesn’t go down the drain
• It’s not just about turning on facebook
• It’s realizing a piece of history and how those things affected history as time went by

Fill in the Blank

As you listen to the story, fill in the blank in each sentence below with the word or phrase that fits best.

• I don't think we had been there more than two or three days when I got a phone call that Martin Luther King had asked for to come to Albany, Georgia to demonstrate for integration.
• We were and thrown in jail in Albany, Georgia, where we accomplished something.
• When the arrived in Saint Augustine, they were addressed once more by Martin Luther King.
• As it turned out, I ended up leading the .
• Deep in my heart I do believe we shall some day.