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    MAN WITH A DREAM

    Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted black and white Americans to live happily together. On the third Monday in January, many Americans honour this hero.

    Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, was a black pastor. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on 15 January, 1929. He was the leader of the Civil Rights movement demanding equality for black people. Many Southern states in the USA like Georgia, were segregated in the 1950s: black children couldn’t go to the same schools as whites; Blacks and Whites couldn’t sit in the same bus seats, theatres or use the same public toilets. King believed that was wrong.

    In December 1955, Rosa Parks, a black woman, was on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. A white man demanded her seat and she refused. She was arrested. King, who was working in Montgomery, led a black protest. For a year, black people refused to use the buses. Finally, segregation on the buses was declared illegal.

    Dr King was now famous and he continued with many other protests. Some white people supported him, but many opposed him. His house was bombed.

    In 1964, he received the Nobel Peace Prize. But he continued to have enemies and on April 4, 1968 he was assassinated. Ironically, the death of this non-violent man provoked riots all over America.

     

    QUESTIONS

      A. What was the Civil Rights movement?

    1. a movement fighting against poverty
    2. a movement fighting for the rights of black people
    3. a movement fighting against smoking

     

      B. What happened in December 1955?

    1. a black woman was killed
    2. a black woman was arrested because she refused to give her seat to a white man
    3. a black woman became the first black mayor of the USA.

     

      C. What happened in 1968?

    1. Martin Luther King was arrested
    2. Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize
    3. Martin Luther King was killed

    ANSWERS

    A2 | B2 | C3