Martin Luther King

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2. What did justice mean to Martin Luther King? Martin Luther King was a black Baptist minister who wanted to end oppression of black people in the USA in the 1950s and 1960s. He felt the time had come to take a stand about the racialinjustice he saw all around him.

3. Martin Luther King’s life – key dates

4. Oppression of blacks in the USA in the 1960s Oppressionmeans harsh treatment such as… Segregation on buses Violent attacks Being paid less for jobs Not being allowed to vote

5. Oppression – Segregation on buses I pay my fare to the driver, then have to get off and re-board through the back door. Sometimes the bus drives off before I can get to the back. If the white section is full and a white customer enters, I have to give up my seat and move further to the back. A black person is not even allowed to sit across the aisle from whites. Two-thirds of the bus riders in Montgomery are black. Rosa Parks Montgomery, Alabama

6. The story of Rosa Parks On 1st December 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. • What happened next? • Her friends organized a boycott of the buses. • No one used the buses, they got lifts instead. • Martin Luther King gave a speech and said ‘There comes a time that people get tired’. A year later the bus company gave in. Segregation on the buses ended.

7. Montgomery Bus Boycott leaflet

8. Oppression – violent attacks Malcolm X was leader of theBlack Muslimsin America in the 1950s and early 1960s. His father was murdered in a violent attack by theKu Klux Klan, when Malcolm was 6 years old. He wasassassinatedin1965.

9. Ballot or bullet?

10. Martin Luther King said violence is… Martin Luther King believed it was important for blacks to gain the right to vote using peaceful protests.

11. Civil rights march on Washington, 1963

12. Malcolm X said that violence is… Malcolm X believed the only option was to fight and to use violence against whites, if necessary. Can you write a short speech to reflect his views?

13. What Martin Luther King said about justice • Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children. • Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. • We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

14. Advantages or disadvantages? Are there more advantages than disadvantages of non-violent direct action?

15. Love and hate Darkness cannot drive out darknessonly light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hateonly love can do that. Design a poster using these words of Martin Luther King’s.

16. How Martin Luther King showed justice

17. Memorial Martin Luther King said this was how he wanted to be remembered after his death: Say that I was A drum major Say that I was A drum major for justice Say that I was A drum major for peace Say that I was A drum major for righteousness Write your own memorial to Martin Luther King.