Read and internalize the essay of Benigno Aquino and answer the question intelligently.

(15 pts).

1. Who is Ninoy Aquino? What is his importance in the Philippine History? (3 pts)
 Ninoy Aquino was an opposition senator back then under President Ferdinand Marcos
declared Martial Law. He was imprisoned for eight years and charged with sedition
against government. He remained in prison but continued to fight for democracy in the
country Ninoy was later exiled and when he came back he was shot and killed at airport
on August 21 as he was escorted off an airplane by security personnel.
2. Why was Ninoy Aquino imprisoned, tortured and eventually killed? (3 pts)
 Due to his beliefs, he was imprisoned for about eight years after martial law was declared
and suffered heart attack in prison. He was killed for speaking out against the
authoritarian rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and found him as the biggest threat to
his power. Aquino’s assassination is credited with the transforming opposition to the
Marcos regime.
3. What was his position before he was imprisoned? (3 pts)
 He was a Filipino politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines.

4. What was his relationship with the President Ferdinand Marcos? (3 pts)
 Ninoy and Marcos were in fact in close contact with each other throughout the martial
law years, so the former’s struggle for freedom against the dictatorship was a sham.

5. Are there similarities between Martial Law, as it was them, and today times? What are they?
(3 pts)
 President Rodrigo Duterte says that his Martial Law would be similar to Marcos time.
Marcos years witnessed the summary executions of many young people. Like the
murderers of youth today in the war-on-drugs, that no evidences was needed. That’s how
it was then and now.

* Choose a speech, analyze the purpose and give your reflection. (15 pts)

I HAVE A DREAM – MARTIN LUTHER KING, 1963

I have a dream speech by Martin Luther King was delivered on Aug 28, during the March on
Washington. His speech is about a call for equality and freedom that became one of the defining moments
of the civil right movement in America. The purpose of King’s speech is to get the black people their
rights of freedom, equality, and justice avoiding racial injustice based on the color of the skin. I realized
that in America, black people are always an exception in terms of fair justice. They treat black people as
their enemy and throw hate on them because of their color. King envisioned a world where his children
would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. He changed the lives
of all African Americans in his time. He wanted all people have the same opportunities and wanted
justice for all.