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Martin Luther King Jr.

“I Have A Dream”

Aims of this lesson

• You will learn about the Civil Rights Movement 
• Who Martin Luther King Jr. was 
• Martin’s motives 
• Why Martin was a big symbol of the Civil Rights Movement 
  
• Contributions and Accomplishments 

Martin Luther King Jr.

Background information

• Civil Rights Movement (1950-1960)
  
• A time of consensus; cold war, economic development, prosperity. 
• Segregation law
• Civil war ( 1865) 

Biography 

• Born on the 15th of January, 1929, Atlanta
• 1955: Baptist pastor in the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta
• Making the future of the black population better

Motives to make a change

• Atlanta, south of the US 
• Martin King
• Mahatma Gandhi 
• Woking in NY, tabacco plantation 

martin's trip to India, 1955. 

Martin as a big symbol of the Civil Rights Movement 

• King strived for: equality, human rights for African Americans, the economically disadvantage and all victims of injustice through peaceful protest

•  Strong belief in nonviolent protest set the tone of the movement

•  Boycotts, protests, and marches -> law-making against racial discrimination

Rosa Parks

• December 1, 1955
• Arrested
• > Boycott
• not use public transport
• 381 days

King's Contributions and Accomplishments

• 1963: Martin started a big campaign in Birmingham Alabama
• 959 children victims brutal way of violence
• 1963: King and other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement organized a huge parade for equal rights in Washington, D.C

Result:  

• Pressure on the presidential administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson 
• Encouraging the president to push for civil rights laws to pass through Congress and become recognized on a national level.

King's accomplishments are numerous. They include:

• Providing leadership in the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 

• Being instrumental in establishing the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957

• Delivering his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963
• King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and is remembered each year on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a U.S. federal holiday since 1986.

What was the difference between the segregation of North and South America?

1. Northern segregation was by custom
2. Southern segregation was by custom
3. Northern segregation was established by law
4. Southern segregation was established by law

In what year did Martin became a Baptist pastor?

1. 1929
2. 1953
3. 1955
4. 1960

Where was Rosa Parks arrested ?

1. New York
2. Montgomery
3. Minnesota
4. Atlanta

Select the right year to the right event 

1929

1865

1955

1968

Martin was born

Abolishing of slavery 

Montgomery bus 

Assassination of Martin

Martin Luther King had a dream, what is your dream?

Any questions?