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46 Cards in this Set
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Hello everybody. My name is Martin Luther King Jr., if you didn’t know that.
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I was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. This day was a cold and cloudy Tuesday.
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My father was the assistant pastor at the same church where my grandfather was pastor.
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Jobs were scarce and many people were out of work.
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Negroes were having a hard time during this period, because segregation still existed.
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As I grew older, people started to know me as M.L., the first two initials in my name. I grew up in the church.
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I saw my father refuse to move out of his seat because a white man told him to.
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I was surprised, but it taught me that I needed to stand up for myself in this life.
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I was always picked on by bullies, when my little brother A.D. was not around.
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Later on I found the love of my life… Coretta. Soon we got married on June 18, 1953.
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Gradually as I got older, people started to call me Martin, or Martin Luther King.
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I was influenced by almost everything in the community. Especially church reverends, my parents, and my teachers.
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Soon enough I became a reverend, just like my father, and my grandfather before him.
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It was not long before I began to take an interest in Negro problems in the city of Montgomery
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Especially segregation.
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To me, I always felt that people were equal, but the world thought at this time that blacks and whites should be separated.
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It became my “ dream ”, to stop segregation everywhere.
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I started leading peaceful protests, and hundreds of men, women, and children marched with me.
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I was becoming a very important black leader in the community.
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While one of the marches was going on, someone bombed my home. Lots of Whites still didn’t believe in equality.
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Some time later, I decided to resign as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery...
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and move to Atlanta so I could focus all of my attention on fighting for equality.
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By this time in life, I was widely known and respected. I continued to lead marches, boycotts, and sit-ins.
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Negroes were beginning to realize that they must not only carry on a bus boycott...
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but they must demand their rights in many other situations.
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I started giving lots of speeches to inspire people to take action, but never through violence.
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On Aug. 28, 1963, I gave my most famous speech, “ I Have A Dream”, in Washington D.C....
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in front of the Washington Monument. Thousands of people watched and listened in person.
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And thousands of people watched me on the television.
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Later that year, I was named “Man of the Year”, by Time magazine.
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I also won a Nobel Peace Prize. I was the second Negro ever, to receive this high honor!
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I was now hailed as a great American. I now worked even harder for freedom.
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I traveled to many areas both in the North and in the South, to help fight injustices against Negroes
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Unfortunately, in March,1968, I walked to the balcony of my motel, talking on the phone with my friends...
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When I was killed by a snipers bullet, fired from a nearby building.
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My name became a symbol in non-violent efforts to bring equal rights for citizens, regardless of their color.
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And continues to be today.
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Later that year, I was named “Man of the Year”, by Time magazine.
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I also won a Nobel Peace Prize. I was the second Negro ever, to receive this high honor!
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I was now hailed as a great American. I now worked even harder for freedom.
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I traveled to many areas both in the North and in the South, to help fight injustices against Negroes
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Unfortunately, in March,1968, I walked to the balcony of my motel, talking on the phone with my friends...
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When I was killed by a snipers bullet, fired from a nearby building.
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My name became a symbol in non-violent efforts to bring equal rights for citizens, regardless of their color.
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And continues to be today.
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