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U2-Pride(In the Name of Love)

U2-Pride(In the Name of Love). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHcP4MWABGY. What is the song about?. This song is about Martin Luther King Jr . (MLK) MLK was born Tuesday January 15, 1929 at the family home in Atlanta. He later moved to Alabama and married Coretta Scott.

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U2-Pride(In the Name of Love)

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  1. U2-Pride(In the Name of Love)

  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHcP4MWABGY

  3. What is the song about? • This song is about Martin Luther King Jr . (MLK) • MLK was born Tuesday January 15, 1929 at the family home in Atlanta. • He later moved to Alabama and married Coretta Scott. • In December 1955 when Montgomery's black leaders formed the Montgomery improvement association to protest the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.

  4. Continued.. • They selected MLK to lead the new group. • He was the spokesman for the year-long Montgomery bus boycott. • He later became a firm advocate of Mohandas Gandhi’s precepts of non-violence. Which he combined with Christian social gospel ideas. • on august 28th,1960 MLK gave his “I have a dream” speech at the Lincoln memorial. • At age 35 MLK was the youngest man to receive the Nobel peace prize for his actions. • 5 years later MLK was assassinated on his hotel room balcony in Memphis, Tennessee.

  5. Conclusion • In my conclusion Martin Luther King Jr. helped dismantle segregation throughout the U.S.A.

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