Martin Luther King
Transcript: Martin went to a college for black students and because he was so gifted, he went there three years before other students. He studied divinty and wanted to be a minster of a church, like his father. Later Martin became a doctor of divinity. (A doctor of divinty was an advanced academic degree in divinty) At college Martin read about Ghandhi, who helped him see how blacks should protest and fight for thier rights, but they should not use violence either. He also met a music student called Coretta. They married in 1953 and moved back to live in the south, despite the harsher views on blacks. They knew this but the south was thier home. Martin got his first job as a church minister in Alabama. One day in the 1960's, he helped some students with buying some food from a bus station cafe. Becasue of thier skin colour, they were not allowed, so day afterday they protested. They were soon arrsted, and Maritin got 4 months hard labour, but John F Kennedy help martin get out of jail. The protests went on and the white racists got even more angry. They beat up studenst, and set fire to buses. Once they had a mob set fire to a church full of black people. Martin got out just in time. The press saw what happened and soon the world began to take notice. Protestors then went to Birmingham, Alabama where segregation was the worst in America. Lots of children joined Martin to march, but firemen turned powerful water hoses on them, then set dogs on them. The violence in Birmingham, Alabamaq made ordianry people finnaly care about black peoples rights. Martin Luther King Martin's death Martin was shot on his balcony in April, 1968 when he had travelled to memphis to help some workers who were on strike. The assassin was named James Earl Ray who had ran away to England, but was arrested in the same year and sent back to America for his trial. Ray was a white racist was was paid to muder Martin, but he never told who had hired him. Martin's Life Martin had spent his whole life devoting himself to get equal rights for black people. He had a stron christian faith as well, this is why he had studied religion in university. He used his faith as inspiration to keep going, and I think without his faith, he might not of achieved all that he had. Despite all the good things that he had done, people still manage to find a way to hate him. God helped him through this also. King's dream was 'that one day sons of slaves and sons of slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood'. He wanted to end povert and war. He was an amazing man and he has succeded at what he aspired. Although war and poverty are still apprent, and racism has not completely disapeared, rights for blacks has become equal, as he woulded of wanted. Thank you for your attention! Growing Up in Black America After the American Civil War in 1863, black and white people where segregated (separated) from each other. They were not aloud to share the same toilet, park, cinema, or library. In some places in South America, it was against the law to play cards with white people! Martin was born in the south of the USA in 1929. As a boy he knew what the words "White Only" meant. Martin became famous becasue of the bus company incident, but he wasl also more hated. He got around 30 hate letter daily, and his house was once bombed. Lots of black people were taken off the bus and beaten, despite Martin winning against the bus company. He gave up his full-time job and worked part time as a minister. This meant he could give more time to speaking and protesting for equal rights. Segregation was very strict in Alabama. On buses, all drivers where white and black people had to sit at the very back. A women named Rosa Parks sat in a seat reserved for white people, but she was black. She was asked to move, but she refused. She was arrested and this made the black community very angry. For a year, buses refused to let blacks on, this was untill they gave in. Martin and Rosa Parks were the first to get back on a bus after the boycott. The Fight Back. Fame
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