MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.1960’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=130J-FdZDtY

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.• BORN IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA – 1929.

• BAPTIST MINISTER.

• CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER – AGE 26.

• NOBEL PEACE PRIZE – 1964.

• ASSASSINATED – APRIL 4, 1968.

NON - VIOLENT PROTEST

MLK INFLUENCED BY:

• JESUS

• HENRY DAVID THOREAU

• GANDHI

BOYCOTT• MONTGOMERY BUSES 1955 (Rosa Parks)

• KING ARRESTED / HOME BOMBED• SUPREME COURT BANS BUS

SEGREGATION – DECEMBER 1956

SIT - INS• GREENSBORO FOUR – FEB,1960.• 100 CITIES – 50,000 PE0PLE

FREEDOM RIDERS – 1961

• Segregated interstate busing

• Birmingham Sheriff Bull Connor

• Ku Klux Klan

• JFK

MASS DEMONSTRATIONS

• WASHINTON, D.C. – AUGUST, 1963

- 250,000 PEOPLE

• “I HAVE A DREAM” SPEECH

• CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 ENDED JIM CROW LAWS

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Lyndon_Johnson_meeting_with_civil_rights_leaders.jpg

MARCHES• SELMA to MONTGOMERY – MARCH,1965.

• POLICE VIOLENCE.

• VOTING RIGHTS ACT - 1965

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Bloody_Sunday-officers_await_demonstrators.jpeg

KING’S IMPACT ON AMERICA• CIVIL RIGHTS A NATIONAL ISSUE.

• WHITE AMERICA REALIZED HOW BAD SEGREGATION WAS.

• NON – VIOLENT METHODS TO ACHIEVE FAIR AND JUST GOALS.

• INFLUENCED NATIONAL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS.

• GAVE HIS LIFE FOR CAUSE HE BELIEVED IN.

April 4, 1968

MLK Video Questions:• Using at least two examples from the movie,

explain why Martin Luther King is considered one of the extraordinary leaders of the 20th century?

• Listen closely to Martin Luther King when he gives his “I Have a Dream Speech”. If MLK was alive today, would he be satisfied that his dream was realized? Focus on three specific examples from his speech.

Unit Question

• How are Martin Luther King and Malcolm X similar or different?