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this is my MLKday' presentation, made for my English classTRANSCRIPT
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MLK against segregation in USA
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Segregation on History ● Civil war: Northern States vs. Southern
States due to the conflict of the abolishment of slavery.
● Northern States won and 14th amendment was passed and slavery finished.
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Separate but equal ● This legal doctrine meant that colored people
had the same rights but they couldn't mix with white people.
● Really, colored people were treated as if they were a lower class.
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Non-conformist ● Silent Parade in 1917: movement protest the
violence on anti-black riots in Illinois ● Bus boycott in 1955: protest the segregation in
public transport. ● Washington March in 1963
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Standing up by sitting
● Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat to a white man and she went to jail.
● Civil rights demonstrators started a bus boycott that lasted 381 days.
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Step by step ● Because of these movements, the Supreme
Court declared the segragation in public transport unconstitutional.
● This was an important steps to reach equality, regardless color.
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Discovering a national hero
● He was born in January,15 1929 in Alabama, on the southeast of the United States
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His models ● He was the first son
of Martin Luther King Sr and Alberta Williams King. His father was a baptist
pastor and his mother was schoolteacher.
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Living segregation ● In his youth, he
experienced the segregation himself.
● At six , two children told him that they couldn’t play with him because he was
colored.
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Formation ● He started school at
5, at 18 he entered at Morehouse College. He studied theology
and sociology. He also obtained the doctorate in Philosophy.
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Baptist Minister ● In 1954, he became
pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist
Church in Montgomery,
Alabama. ● He's been always a strong fighter for civil rights for members of
his race
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August 28th, 1963 ● 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.
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April 3rd, 1968 ● Because I've been to the mountaintop.
I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life; longevity has
its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will.
And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over. And
I've seen the Promise land.
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King and Gandhi ● He fought for the
human rights. He inspired in Mahatma
Gandhi and about the civil disobedience
of Henry David Thoreau.
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Enemies ● Because of the
Boycott, the situation became so tense that King's
house was bombed. He was arrested during
this campaing.
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Shotdown ● At 6:01 p.m., April 4, 1968, a shot rang out as
Martin stood on the motel's balcony. His
murder was James Earl Ray, a white segregationist.
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Nobel Peace Prize ● On October 14, 1964, King
became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded
to him for leading non-violent resistance to racial
prejudice in the U.S
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Leaving a mark ● After Martin
Luther King's death many people were
shocked and blacks started riots in many
American cities. ● Nowadays, colored
people live in complete equality.
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MLK day ● Martin Luther King
Jr.'s day is celebrated to honour this
national hero and the labour he did fighting for Civil
rights and equality.
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MADE BY:
Elvira Jiménez and
Javier Vázquez