Martin luther king jr presentation

1. Martin LutherKing Jr.

2. Martin LutherKing Jr.
•Martin LutherKing Jrisoneof
themostimportantactivistsin
African-American history.
•He wastheleader of theCivil
RightsMovement, an
organizationthatwantedto
endracial discrimination
againstBlacks.
•King and hismovementare
respectedforachievingtheir
politicalgoalswithoutviolence
and forfightingforunity
betweenBlacksand Whites.

3. Martin LutherKing Jr. Day
•Martin LutherKing Dayis
celebratedonthethird
Mondayof January. Itisa
holidayand peopledo not
gotoworkorschool.
•Americansdon’tcelebrate
thisholidaythrough
reunionsormeals.
Usually, universitiesinvite
guestspeakersand
churchesholdservicesto
conmemorateKing.
•In manycitiesand
towns, peoplemarchin the
streetstohonor him.

4. Martin LutherKing Jr.
•King wasbornin January15,
1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. His
fatherwasa reverendand
bothof hisparentswere
devoutChristians.
•He becamea pastor at the
ageof twenty-fiveand
receivedhisdoctoratein
theologyin 1955.
•A fewyearsaftergraduation,
King visitedIndia tolearn
aboutMahatma Gandhi, the
personwhoinfluencedhim
nottouse violencein his
struggle.

5. Martin LutherKing Jr.
•WhatdidtheCivil Rights
Movementachieve?:
•AfricanAmericansgained
therighttovote.
•Schoolsbecame
desegregated.
•Discriminationwas
outlawedin manyareas
besides
education, includingthe
military, public
transportation, work, and
housing.
•Itrepresentedhopefor
African-Americansand it
wastheprecedentto
continuetheirfight.

6. Death
•Martin LutherKing was
assassinatedin April4, 1968
whilegivinga speechin
Memphis. He wasshotbya
crazyman.
•Hisdeathcausedmanyrace
riotsaccrossthecountry as
wellas accusationsof a
conspiracybytheFBI.
•WhiletheUS government
once consideredhima
danger, todayhe isadmired
bymostAmericansbecause
he foughtforunitybetween
blacksand whiteswithout
usingviolence.

7. I Havea Dream
•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."
•I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former
slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down
together at the table of brotherhood.
•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.
•I have a dreamtoday!
•I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and
mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the
crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be
revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
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8. EmmettTill

9. Storyof EmmettTill
•Emmett Till, a fourteen-year old black boy from Chicago, was
visiting relatives in a small town in Mississippi. His mother had
warnedhim not to talk to whites, but he disregardedher.
•At a grocery store, Emmett supposedly said "Bye, baby" to Carolyn
Bryant, a white cashier at the store. The woman was scared and
went to her car to grab a gun. Emmett and his friends ran away.
That day, Emmett’s cousin told him to leave the town, but he did
not.
•Some days later, the cashier’s husband and his friend found where
Emmett was staying and took him from the house. They beat him to
death and threw his body in the river.
•An all-white jury found the two men not guilty. Emmett's mother
insisted on an open-casketfuneral where his face was visible to the
public.

10. Vocabulary
•Equality
•Race
•Slave 
•Owner
•Tooutlaw
•Rights
•Brotherhood
•Speech
•Tojudge
•Riot
•Guilty

11. True orFalse?
•Tellusifthesequestionsare true orfalse. Iftheyare
false, correctthem:
•TheCivil RightsMovementhelpedAfrican-Americansgainthe
righttovote and admissionintouniversitiesthatwereonlyfor
whites. 
•Martin LutherKing Jr. DayiscelebratedonthesecondMonday
of March. 
•Besidesnotgoingtoworkorschoolonthisday, Americanshold
multicultural reunionswithfriendsand eatturkey. 
•EmmettTillwasanimportantAfrican-American activistin the
Civil RightsMovement. 
•TheCivil RightsMovementwantedtohavea violentrevolution
tochangethings. 