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MARTIN LUTHER KING

MARTIN LUTHER KING. 1929 MLK was born in Georgia where he attended segregated public schools. 1954 MLK became a pastor in the Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He worked to get civil rights for black people.

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MARTIN LUTHER KING

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  1. MARTIN LUTHER KING • 1929 MLK was born in Georgia where he attended segregated public schools. • 1954 MLK became a pastor in the Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He worked to get civil rights for black people. • 1955 He led the bus boycott, the first great blacknon violent demonstration in the USA. The boycott lasted 382 days: black people refused to use segregated buses in Montgomery (Rosa Parks).

  2. 1956 the Supreme Court of the USA declared segregation on buses unconstitutional. • 1963 MLK organized the peaceful march of Washington DC. 250,000 people listened to his famous speech “I have a dream”.

  3. In his famous speech he talked about his hopes for the future when blacks and whites could be brothers. • 1964 MLK received the Nobel Peace Prize. • 1968 MLK was assassinated.

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