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Why MLK?

Published on Jun 25, 2016

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Why MLK?

By: Sam VAsen 805
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Topic

  • Many Civil Rights leaders.
  • People today don't recognize their significance.
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Background info

  • The Civil Rights Movement took place between 1954 and 1964
  • All across America
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Background Info

  • The fight for African-Americans to gain equal rights.
  • Fought to put and end to segregation
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BAckground Info

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a major historical figure from this time.
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My Claim

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a very powerful figure because he was so influential.
  • What does it mean to be influential?
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"I HAVE A DREAM"

  • Dr. King's famous inspired thousand to fight back.
  • Used his words to create an impact
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bus Boycott

  • MLK led a bus boycott in Montgomery for 381 days from 1955 to 1956.
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Bus BoyCott

  • Finally the Supreme Court ruled segregation on buses to be unconstitutional.
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CounterClaim

  • MLK wasn't aggressive enough.
  • Didn't have real experience.
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Conclusion

  • Every word or action that he made had a meaning
  • He worked to inspire.
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My Prop

  • An diary entry from a boy who was watching the "I Have A Dream" speech on live television.
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