Read “MLK, Eyes on the prize” and answer the questions:

1. When you think how a corrupt justice system allows grave injustice to occur in the past such as a jury returning a guilty verdict in the Scottsboro case or a non-guilty verdict in the Emmett Till case, do you think it continues today? Are the Trayvon Martin Case, Walter Scott or the Loud Music Case or the any number of young black men that are shot by law enforcement or the over-representation of Blacks in the prison system or on death row examples of this? Fully explain your answer to this question:

What do you think would be Martin Luther King's response to what is happening today between police and the Black community?

If you think biases do exist that lead to putting minority youth at risk in the legal system….explore what you would do to change this.

2. "The arc of history is long but it bends towards justice."

Do you believe this? Make an argument for or against this statement. Give specific examples. Do not limit yourself to just this country.