Martin Luther King

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Martin Luther King

  • Black Americans played an important role in 1950’s and 1960’s in the civil rights movement. One leader encouraged above all the others was Martin Luther King.
  • He was a Baptist minister and was the leader of the civil rights movement.
  • He was a mesmerizing speaker whose speech ‘I have a dream’ is now one of the most famous speeches of the 20th century. He did this in 1963 on the March of Washington. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'"

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"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

  • He believed passionately in non-violent protest and favored actions such as the bus boycott and the sit in.
  • The first sit in took place in Woolworths lunch counter in Greensboro, Alabama and 85 black and white students were involved. They were no-violent and protested against segregation. They got a lot of media attention.
  • In December 1964, King became the youngest person ...

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