Martin Luther King, Jr. used his words to change history, and so can our students.
The National Liberty Museum’s Selma Speech & Essay Contest offers high school students an opportunity to write and videotape their reading of an original speech about a topic that couldn’t be more timely. Students can participate if they are ages 14-18 and enrolled in a public, private or parochial high school or home study program in the U.S. and its territories.
After viewing the film Selma, contestants respond with an original 500-700 word speech and a videotaped reading of their speech on this topic: What do you think needs to be done today to protect individual freedom and self-determination? What are you doing or will you do to peacefully advance those rights?
Grand prize: $5,000! Contest timeline: December 25, 2014 – January 30, 2015. Winners notified, March 2015, Award Ceremony April 20-22 in Philadelphia.
Here is a link to enter the contest. libertymuseumselmacontest.org