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Assasination of MLK

"I have a dream speach"

Selma Marches

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The Selma Marches were trying to bring attention to Black voting and took place in 1965. The first march was on March 7th and they were met by heavily aremed state troopers and were violently attacked. But they didn't stop trying. The second march ended abruptly from a barricade of state troopers. But they still didn't stop. Finally, on the third march the state troopers were ordered to back down and MLK JR and his people walked 12 miles a day for 4 days with 25 thousand people. In the end the blacks got a law passed known as the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. marched on Washington to demand blacks' jobs and freedom. He then marched to the Lincoln Memorial. There he gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech in front of 250,000 people. This is arguably the famous speech in American history right by Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address. We will remember this speech forever.

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On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King booked a hotel. It was located in Memphis, Tennessee. The hotel was called Lorraine Motel and his room number was 306 on the balcony. He was out on the balcony when all of the sudden he was assassinated. He was only 39 at the time but he still changed a great deal of things in America. He will forever be known as the face of the civil rights movement.

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Lincoln Memorial

The reason that Martin Luther King Jr chose to hold his speech at the lincoln memorial because it was Lincoln that was the one that fought a war for all the slaves and for their freedom. This made it an even more memorable and important day because of there connection.

The Lincoln Memorial was the place were MLK Jr. had his speech at

Signs

These signs were used as protest to the Martin Luther King assassination. Quickly after the MLK assassinitation there were outbreaks of riots. These riots happended all over American cities.

These are the signs that everyone used in protest in MLK's assasination

Hotel

The hotel is very important for black history becasue now it is the National Civil Rights Museum so people can use this place to learn about the impact he had on the civil rights movemnet. It also helps people learn about other things that happened during the civil rights movement.

This is the hotel that MLK got assassinated at

Signs

People holding up signs were a very important part in the Selma marches. This let people know what they were fighting for a game everyone a sense of what they were going through. It also kinda reminded themselves what the were trying to accomplish.

These are the signs that blacks used in the Selma Marches

Camera/Media

If the media didn't follow MLK around everywhere then nobody would've known that he had been assasinated. They also wouldn't have had a picture to put on the newspaper and let all the world know that MLK had been assasination.

This is one of the pictures that the media got that followed MLK around.

Camera

Camera's played a very important role in the Selma Marches because then people that weren't there could see the horror of the blacks being fought and have sympathy for them. This also let poeple who weren't there know a little bit more about what was going on, and to this day because of the photos we are able to understand more.

This is a camera that photographers used to take pictures.

Microphone

This microphone was essential because so many people came to see him and hear him speak wouldn't have been able to see him if the microphone wasn't there because then nobody would be able to hear him. If only a few people heard him it wouldn't be as talked about today.

This is the microphone that MLK Jr. used at his speech.

Billy Clubs

This is an important artifact from the Selma Marches because this is one of the reasons that the blacks were stopped from marching in the first march. It also helped them realise that if they want something they are gonna have to perservere.

This is a Billy Club that cops used to beat blacks that were marching for there rights

The whole world wouldn't have seen MLK's speech if it weren't for this camera. We also wouldn't have ever seen his speech today and we wouldn't know what he said. That is how important this camera is.

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This is a camera that photographers used to take the video of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking