Martin luther king (68182)

celo8
qualcuno ha una ricerca su Martin Luther King???
(ininglese)grazie in anticipo

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maria geltrude:)
FROM THE 16TH CENTURY SLAVE TRADERS TOOK AFRICAN MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN FROM THEIR COUNTRY TO WORK ON THE LARGE PLANTATIONS OF THE SOUTHERN STATES OF AMERICA. THE SLAVES WERE VERY CHEAP LABOUR FOR THE PLANTATIONS OWNERS. THE SLAVES WORKED UNTIL THEY DIED. THEY WERE NOT FREE. THEY BELONGED TO THE PLANTATION OWNERS.
IN 1865 SLAVERY MAS ABOLISHED IN ALL PARTS OF THE USA. BY THE 20TH CENTURY, BLACK AMERICANS WERE NO LONGERS SLAVES, BUT THEY WERE NOT EQUAL TO AMERICAN CITIZENS. THEY COULD NOT VOTE; THEY COULD NOT SEAT ON THE SAME BUSES OR IN THE SAME RESTAURANT AS WHITE AMERICANS OR GO TO THE SAME SCHOOLS. THEY WERE SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS. THIS CHANGED WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING . KING WAS A BAPTIST MINISTER FROM ALABAMA AND HE BECAME THE LEADER OF ON THE LARGEST PROTEST MOVEMENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IN 1955 THE STORY OF A BLACK WORKER CALLED ROSA PARKS CAUSED A MASSIVE PUBBLIC PROTEST. ROSA LIVED IN ALABAMA AND SHE WORKED FOR A LARGE DEPARTEMENT STORE. THE POLICE ARRESTED HER BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A BUS. THE SEAT WAS RESERVED FOR WHITE PEOPLE. KING PROTESTED AGAINST THE BUS COMPANY AND FOR MANY WEEEKS THE BLACK WORKERS STOPPED GOING ON THE BUSES. THIS ‘BOYCOTT LASTED UNTIL THE BUSES AGREED TO END ‘SEGREGATION’ (SEPARATION BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES). MARTIN LUTHER KING’S MOVEMENT CONTINUED AND IN 1963 HE LED 250,000 PEOLE IN A MARCH ON WASHINGTON DC. HE GAVE ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SPEECHES OF THE 20TH CENTURY. IT IS CALLED THE ‘I HAVE A DREAM…’ SPEECH BECAUSE HE USED THE WORDS I HAVE A DREAM MANY TIMES IN THE SPEECH. IN HIS SPEECH KING SPOKE ABOUT HIS DREAM FOR EQUALITY BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE CITIZENS IN AMERICA. KING WENT TO JAIL SEVERAL TIMES FOR HIS BELIEFS, BUT HE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR EQUALITY. SOME PEOPLE HATED MARTIN LUTHER KING FOR THIS WORK AND IN 1968 HE WAS ASSASSINATED. BUT BEFORE THIS HAPPENED, HE SAW THE ABOLITION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION LAWS IN 1964-65 AND HE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE IN 1964. MARTIN LUTHE KING WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY. IN 1986 THE UNITED STATES BEGAN TO HOLD A PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN HIS NAME.
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