1. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
                                        Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks to marchers at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Aug. 28, 1963
In the Spirit

2. On January 18, the nation will pause to remember one of its most important civil rights leaders with a national holiday. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential and respected civil rights leaders in the 1960’s.
Dr. King helped bring about laws that make sure America is fair and equal for all citizens. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did not believe in violence. He wanted to bring equality to our country peacefully. But, his own life ended violently when he was shot on April 4, 1968 by someone who did not believe as he did.

3. Long after the civil war was over, Black Americans still did
not have the same rights as other free American citizens. They were
no longer slaves. Many people in this country believed in segregation.
Segregation is the practice of separating people of different races.
Black Americans could not attend the same schools as White Americans.
They could not eat in the same restaurants. On public buses, they had to
give up their seats to white passengers. It was not fair!
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. knew he had to fight for the rights of
all Americans. He worked all of his life to make life better for everyone.
We celebrate his birthday to remind us about freedom for
all.

5. This is the story of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.
The story was put together in the form of a timeline by the second grade class of Mrs. Taverna. Her website will be at the end of this
power point.

17. The information I used is from TIME FOR KIDS and
THE SEATTLE TIMES NEWS SOURCE. The Kids Pix
Program is from the 2nd grade classroom of Mrs. Taverna’
In Picantico Hills Elementary School. Here is the website.

18. Here is a little quiz about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. !!!!!!!!!
Where was Martin Luther King Jr. born?_________________
Where did Martin go to college?_______________________
Who did Martin marry?______________________________
What kind of job did Martin have?______________________
Where was his church?_______________________________
What kind of event did Martin lead in Montgomery, Alabama? _______
What was the name of his most famous speech?__________________
How did Martin die?_________________________________

19. Let’s look at some words that will
help us understand more about
civil rights.

20. Match the words with the definition!
1 When all people are treated the same
2 A person who influences others
3 When people of different races are separated
4 To imagine something
5 To stop doing business with a group to change something
6 Condition in which people are not oppressed
7 To treat people differently
because of their race
8 To murder a very important person
9 To hold in very high esteem
10 To perform an action in order to show that you object to something
Leader
Dream
Freedom
Equality
Racism
Segregation
Boycott
Protest
Assassinate
Honor
From Enchanted Learning

21. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech
“I Have a Dream”
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

22. A modern day Civil Rights leader, 1956
Rosa Parks protested the unfair treatment of Black Americans in Montgomery, Alabama.
She refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
Rosa was arrested and given a fine for breaking the law.

23. What happened next?
Black men and women in Montgomery boycotted the buses.
That means they refused to take the bus. Guess who led the boycott?
Because they did not use the bus system, it almost went out of business.

24. Books about Freedom Fighters
Follow the Drinking Gourd, by Jeanette Winter
Words by Heart, Quida Sebestyen
Rosa Parks: My Story, by Rosa Parks
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt, by D. Hopkinson
Through My Eyes, by Ruby Bridges