“I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”
- from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech, August 28, 1963
Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of history, complete the sentences by selecting the correct answers from the drop-down menus.
When Dr. King mentions Alabama’s governor, he is referring to
____. He goes on to “dream” of a day in which
____ is finally a thing of the past.