Blacks in America
Martin Luther King
1. Why did I choose this subject?
Exiting.
Wants to know more.
Major influence on the world today
2. He’s childhood and family life
Born January 15, 1929 – Atlanta
Became 15 - a course for gifted black children (Morehouse College in Atlanta)
June 18, 1953 – Married Coretta Scott
3. He’s fight against segregation
December 1st 1955 – Rosa Park (the second class citizens)
Martin used peaceful methods
A boycott of the Montgomery busses
The United States Supreme Court - Alabama bus laws were illegal
1959 - Decided to leave his church
4. “I have dream”
August 1963 - a quarter of a million of people – march
Spoke straight from his heart
Was given the Nobel Peace Prize
4. He’s death
Traveled to Memphis, Tennessee
Next evening, 4 April 1968 – Shot
“Free at last” on gravestone
Sources:
Books:
Focus on I have a dream – Gyldendals uddannelse 1995Mogens Høirup & Poul Otto Mortensen s. 9 - 15 Film:
Hot doks – Martin Luther King (TV-documentary)Why democracy – I Gandhis fodspor (TV-documentary)
Websites:
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
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