Martin+Luther+King+Jr.

toc =**Article**= Martin Luther king was born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, in 1929. He learned theology and social studies wrote a PhD in systematic theology. He became famous for his political activities for the civil rights of blacks in America. He organized a boycott, and showed the world the distortion of justice. He dedicated his life to the equal rights actions. While fighting the battle of his life, he was murdered. The Afro – Americans were segregated and humiliated. They suffered from low education and poorness, and they felt rejected and as if they second-class. For example, they couldn't learn in white universities or white schools, and had to be satisfied with there own schools. They couldn't go on the bus with whites, or visit parks for whites. A young lady whose name was Rosa Parks, sat in the front of the bus where the whites were supposed to sit. When a white man had asked her to clear her seat and give it up she decided not to stand up for him. Rosa was arrested and was sent to jail. Martin Luther King became active for the poor blacks and decided that this is the time for a change. Martin Luther King was very upset, and decided to start a boycott of buses in Montgomery. For more then a year, King and few others were the heads of the boycott. The boycott succeeded, and after 382 days it ended when the law of separation on buses was stopped. From this moment on, Martin Luther King dedicated his life for the Afro American’s human rights verbal war. Martin Luther King believed all the way in none-violent actions and the direct action in a democratic country is demonstrations. Luther believed in the direct activity and civil disobedience. True to his theory he organized the Montgomery Bus Strike and the foundation of organization SCLC –" Southern Christian Leadership Conference" - an organization for equal human rights. The Montgomery Segregation Laws were declared unconstitutional. This brought all discriminating laws to an end on July 2nd, 1964 and led to the Freedom Act Law. This law insures no segregation of any minorities in public places, public schools and public facilities. He was a great speaker and spoke on many occasions, but is most famous for his speech on august 28th 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Monument called "I have a Dream". At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement. In late March, 1968, Dr. King went to Memphis, Tennessee in support of the black sanitary public works employees. King was assassinated at 6:01 p.m. April 4, 1968, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.
 * The Afro – American situation before Martin Luther King**
 * The start of Martin Luther King's activity for Afro Americans**
 * Martin Luther King’s activities for the Afro Americans**
 * Martin Luther King’s late life**

=ID Card=
 * __Full Name:__** Martin Luther King Junior.
 * __Parent’s Names:__** Father: Martin Luther King Senior. Mother: Alberta Williams King.
 * __Year of birth:__** 1929
 * __Place of Birth:__** Atlanta, Georgia, and U.S.A.
 * __Year of death:__** 1968.
 * __Where died:__** Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.
 * __Profession:__** Prof. In systemic theology.
 * __Key words__:** “Civil rights”, “I HAVE A DREAM”.
 * __What he is famous for:__** Political activity for civil rights.

=Questionnaire= //1. What was the Afro – American situation before Martin Luther King?// A. Not good. They couldn't go on the bus with whites, they couldn't learn in the white schools, they couldn't sit on a bench dedicated to white people, they needed to live in separate neighborhoods, they couldn't learn in white universities or visit parks for whites. They were totally segregated. The Afro Americans were humiliated. The Afro American suffered from low education and poorness. They felt humiliated and second-class. They felt no one could change this position even in a country that wrote the American Constitution which promises equality to all. //2. How could it happen?// A. In short, the Afro Americans came to America as slaves brought from Africa. Even though they were already freed, they had still suffered humiliation. //3. Where was he born? What was his education?// A. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Martin Luther learned social studies and theology and did a PhD in systematic theology. //4. What happened in the Montgomery bus strike?// A. Everything started when a young lady whose name was Rosa Parks. She sat in the front of the bus where the whites were supposed to sit. When a white man had asked her to clear her seat and give it up she decided not to stand up for him. Rosa was arrested and was sent to jail. All the blacks decided to boycott the white buses in Montgomery, and to go places on foot. The boycott succeeded, and after 382 days it ended when the law of separation on buses was stopped. //5. What was King’s social contribution for human rights?// King was one of the leaders of the Montgomery bus strike. He helped to arrange the Montgomery bus only for blacks. This brought a lot of attention to the human right organization that King founded (the organization SCLC – " Southern Christian Leadership Conference " - an organization for equal human rights.) This brought National interest in the Afro American plight and eventually the law in Montgomery was declared unconstitutional and was revoked. King was the director of the organization until he died. King believed in none-violente actions. //6. What were King’s awards?// A. A day of his own. Nobel peace prize. //7. King’s noble prize – when and why did he get it?// A. At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.

= = = = =**Speech**= Martin Luther cared about the world. He was ready to dedicate his life for that purpose. He ensured the black equal rights in America. In America which was so equal, blacks were not treated fairly. They were humiliated. They were separated from society. They were second class civilians. This is happening in a country where everyone is supposedly free. Martin Luther King was ready to fight. He couldn't stand this double standard. He helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He spoke at demonstrations. He organized the congress to change legislation. He dared have a dream. All these activities he did while trying to avoid violence. It is ironic that despite his cry for non violent action, many Blacks rioted violently. Many whites felt threatened, so eventually Martin Luther King died violently when murdered during his actions in Tennessee. Today we call you all to follow in Martin Luther King's way. Find a way to make the world a better place. Fight for what you believe in. Make sure you call others to work non- violently. Don't forget, one person can change the fate of millions.

__**Noa’s Rational**__ The whole class chose the subject movers and shakers in the twentieth century. I chose to do this work about Martin Luther King because he did work very well and he was very interested in equal rights and this subject is very very important and interesting. Today we still have a lot of work in order to reach equal rights. __**Noa’s Reflection**__ I learned that Martin Luther King worked very hard to change the rest about equal rights, I learned that he wrote speeches very well “I have a dream”. I learned that he was murdered be people that he didn’t agree with so they murdered him. I learned that I can write a work much better and I learned to find material on Internet. It was difficult for me to read in English and to translate the English. The difficulties are that we need more time to work on the computers, and I think that we need more teachers when we work on the project on the computer.

I chose to write about Martin Luther King for a few reasons. First, though his very special activity, King is not a known hero in Israel. I think King’s deserves more social recognition for his special uncommon caring and activism. Martin Luther King changed the lives of millions, and affected the whole modern thinking in America and the whole world.
 * __Shlomit’s Rational__**

__**Shlomit’s Reflection**__ During the working on the project, I learned about social activism and how can I do it myself. I too learned about hope when the situation doesn’t look very good. I learned from the work about writing in English and practicing translation from Hebrew to English. I had some problems with the computers and with the hard English in Wikipedia. I think we had enough time for the work, but we will never have perfect computers…

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