PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WHO WAS HE? WHAT WAS HE FAMOUS FOR?
- He was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 through 1968
WHAT WAS GOING ON HISTORICALLY AT THE TIME WHICH HE LIVED?
What were the wider circumstances that led the person to do great things?
He saw that his race was not being treated right, that they were suffering. He had considered racism and segregation to be an affront to God’s will. He was a leader in the civil rights act
What contribution did he make to the larger social environment?
His quest for freedom. It began during the movement of the bus boycotts of 1955.he changed it by telling people that blacks are the same as white’s. Also that we all should be treated equally.
Were they important as a symbol and/or was it because they did something great?
He lead the civil rights movement and he won. He got people to treat everyone the same.
Brief Biography
Martin Luther King jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. King, a Baptist minister and civil rights activists, had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid 1950s.
Brief Biography
Among his many efforts, King headed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Through his activism and inspirational speeches he played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-Americans citizens of the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965
Information on individuals achievements!
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian and leader in the African-American civil rights movement. He is best know. For his role in the advancement of civil rights. Using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian belief.
Why are they considered an icon or hero?
He lead a campaign of nonviolent resistance in the United States against racial oppression and injustice.
