CIVIL RIGHTS

 Special thanks to Maxime for his very good oral presentation on Martin Luther King !

What do you remember about Martin Luther King?

Do the following quiz:
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/webquest.htm
and then check your answers:  http://www2lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/answers.htm

Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January. It celebrates the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr., an influential American civil rights leader. 

He is most well-known for his campaigns to end racial segregation on public transport and for racial equality in the United States. 

At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.

Listen to his famous speech "I have a Dream" delivered on 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.
 http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm