Primary Source #1
1. What do you see in the cartoon? What does the text on the bottom tell you about what is going on?
2. What choices are being made by the people shown in the cartoon? Based on the caption, How does this choice seem to affect their life?
3. How do the two soldiers talking to each other feel about their situation? How do you know this?
4. How does this cartoon demonstrate the condition of African Americans in the United States at this time? How is this significant to the course of the Vietnam War and the role African Americans played in it?
1. What do you see in the cartoon? What does the text on the bottom tell you about what is going on?
2. What choices are being made by the people shown in the cartoon? Based on the caption, How does this choice seem to affect their life?
3. How do the two soldiers talking to each other feel about their situation? How do you know this?
4. How does this cartoon demonstrate the condition of African Americans in the United States at this time? How is this significant to the course of the Vietnam War and the role African Americans played in it?
Primary Source #2
“We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout the developing world, a world that borders on our doors. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.”
--Martin Luther King, Jr., "CONSCIENCE AND THE VIETNAM WAR" in The Trumpet of Conscience (1968)
1. What is the purpose of this quotation? Who is the speaker?
2. What is the significance of this quotation?
3. Why should this statement matter to you?
mlkkpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/.../king_quotes_on_war_and_peace/
Primary Source # 3
In 1968 she was invited to a White House luncheon and was asked by Lady Bird Johnson about the Vietnam War. She replied: “You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. No wonder the kids’ rebel and take pot.” The remark reportedly caused Mrs. Johnson to burst into tears and led to a derailment in Ms. Kitt’s career.
1. What is being said in this statement? Do you think Ms. Kitt had a choice?
2. What is Ms. Kitt’s mood? Is she happy, mad, or indifferent? What is Mrs. Johnson’s mood? Is she happy, mad or indifferent?
3. What impact could this statement have had on Ms. Kitt’s career? (For further reading look at www.huffingtonpost.com/danny...eartha-kitt-cia-target_b153684.html).
ROB HOERBURGER: Published: December 25, 2008
www. nytimes.com/2008/12/26/arts/26kitts.html?_r=0
“We must move past indecision to action. We must find new ways to speak for peace in Vietnam and for justice throughout the developing world, a world that borders on our doors. If we do not act, we shall surely be dragged down the long, dark, and shameful corridors of time reserved for those who possess power without compassion, might without morality, and strength without sight.”
--Martin Luther King, Jr., "CONSCIENCE AND THE VIETNAM WAR" in The Trumpet of Conscience (1968)
1. What is the purpose of this quotation? Who is the speaker?
2. What is the significance of this quotation?
3. Why should this statement matter to you?
mlkkpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/.../king_quotes_on_war_and_peace/
Primary Source # 3
In 1968 she was invited to a White House luncheon and was asked by Lady Bird Johnson about the Vietnam War. She replied: “You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. No wonder the kids’ rebel and take pot.” The remark reportedly caused Mrs. Johnson to burst into tears and led to a derailment in Ms. Kitt’s career.
1. What is being said in this statement? Do you think Ms. Kitt had a choice?
2. What is Ms. Kitt’s mood? Is she happy, mad, or indifferent? What is Mrs. Johnson’s mood? Is she happy, mad or indifferent?
3. What impact could this statement have had on Ms. Kitt’s career? (For further reading look at www.huffingtonpost.com/danny...eartha-kitt-cia-target_b153684.html).
ROB HOERBURGER: Published: December 25, 2008
www. nytimes.com/2008/12/26/arts/26kitts.html?_r=0