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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 honor this hero.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. was a black pastor. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15th 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 1950's : black children couldn't go to the same schools as whites, Blacks and Whites couldn't seat in the same bus, theatres or use the same public toilets. King believed that was wrong.
Back of the bus
In December 1955, Rosa Parks, a black woman, was on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. A white man asked for 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 and sooner all segregation in Alabama was stopped!
Dr King was now famous and he continued with many other protests. He wanted black and white people to have the same rights. Some white people supported him, but many opposed him. His house was bombed! But he refused violence and in 1964 he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
King was an excellent orator, his speeches were famous and convinced many people, including president Kennedy, that he was right.
Unfortunately, he had many enemies and on April 4th 1968, he was assassinated.
His death provoked riots all-over America.
Adapted from Speakeasy
A/ Answer the following questions
1. Who was Martin Luther King?
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2. What does the word "segregation" means? Give examples
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3. Why is Rosa Parks famous for?
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4. When do Americans celebrate Martin Luther King?
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5. Why did he receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
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6. When and how did he die?
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C/ Put the verbs in the simple past
Rosa --------- (be) on her way home from work and she ---------(be) very tired.
On the bus, she ------------(seat) in the Colored section, behind the White section.
When more passengers --------(get) on, the bus driver ---------------(turn) around as usual and -------------(say) : "Stand up, back there!! So these people can have seats!"
Rosa remained seated.
She --------------(act) as if she hadn't heard him at all.
"You won't get up?" He -------------- (shout) "All right, I'm going to fix you!"
He ------------------(stop) the bus and -------------(call) the police.
When the police ---------------(arrive), the officer in charge --------------------- (not-ask) Rosa to give up her seat, he just said: 'You're under arrest".
D/ Describe the pictures and say what it represents
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