Martin Luther King Jr. Worksheet
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Martin Luther King Jr. Worksheet
Read: Organising for equal rights
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929. He became a Baptist minister and a leader in the struggle for civil rights. In the United States, racial segregation kept Black people and white people apart in many public places, and Black Americans faced unfair treatment and barriers to voting. King believed people could challenge injustice through nonviolent action. This included marches, boycotts, and speeches. In 1955, he helped lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Alabama. Black residents stopped riding city buses to protest unfair rules that required them to give up seats to white passengers. The boycott lasted more than a year and helped bring an end to bus segregation in Montgomery. On August 28, 1963, King spoke at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, D.C. His speech became known as “I Have a Dream.” King described his hope for a country where people would be treated fairly, regardless of race. The march brought together people calling for civil rights and economic opportunity. The Civil Rights Act became law later. It banned segregation in many public places and discrimination in several areas of life. King received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work using nonviolent methods. He continued to support civil rights and economic justice until he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968. His work was part of a much larger movement, led by many people who organised, marched, spoke out, and worked for change.
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Find evidence in the reading to answer questions 1–6.
- Kept Black people and white people apart
- Guaranteed everyone the same treatment
- Allowed only children to use public places
- Ended unfair voting barriers
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Use details from the biography as you respond.
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