Martin Luther King Jr - Segregation

MARTin luther king jr

SEGREGATION

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Summary

4. March to Selma

1. Segregation

5. Quote

2. Who is Martin Luther King Jr ?

6. Conclusion

3. Timeline

7. The End

segREGATION

In the United States, racial segregation consists of separating people according to their race, mainly in the southern states.

who is martin luther king jr ?

Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, on January 15, 1929, and died on April 4, 1968, assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. He came from a family of ministers, and in 1954 he became a minister.

1955

Timeline

His support for Rosa Parks

1961

Journey to stop segregation by CORE members

1963

His famous "I have a dream" speech

1963

March to Washington

1964

Civil Right Act

1964

He receives the nobel peace prize

1965

March to Selma

1968

He was murdered in Memphis

MARCH TO SELMA

The Selma March was a protest in which black people and some white people marched to defend their causes.

March 7, 9 and 25, 1965

"We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will all die together as fools." Martin Luther King - Speech, March 31, 1968

-Martin Luther King Jr

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At a historic march in Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke in front of more than 250,000 people who had come to support him. He delivered a speech that has become a cult, and his famous phrase: “I have a dream”.

Despite the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which theoretically put an end to acts of segregation against black people, segregation continued. Martin Luther King Jr. calls for a march from Selma to Montgomery

Martin Luther King's destiny came to a tragic end on April 4, 1968. He was in Memphis to lend his support to the black garbage collectors, where he made a speech that was sadly premonitory. The next day, he was assassinated by a white supremacist on the balcony of the hotel where he was staying.

After the victory at Birmingham, a march on Washington was organized on August 28. As far as the eye could see, a crowd of both whites and blacks marched together.

On May 4, members of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) embarked on a bus tour of the South to end segregation in interstate transportation, hence their name “Freedom Riders”. The journey lasted twenty-five days.

Martin Luther King Jr., accompanied by young activists, launched a boycott of the Montgmery bus company.

On December 10, 1964, Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his speech in Washington, D.C., at the age of 35.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public places, prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color. In subsequent years, Congress expanded the law and passed other civil rights legislation, such as the Voting Rights Act in 1965. Supreme Court declares Birmingham's segregationist regulations unconstitutional