48133 martin luther king

Séquence Martin Luther King –Civil Rights

the video of the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King
Answer the questions below:
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La jeunesse de King- King’s youth

1- When and where was Martin Luther King Born?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2- What’s his father job?
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3- When was he ordained Minister?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4- Where did he study? (University)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5- Who was Coretta Scott?
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6- Where did MLK work for the very first time?
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7- Who inspired MLK at school?

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8- Why did the Indian movement mainly inspire MLK?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------IILa naissance du mouvement- The birth of a new movement

9- What happened in Montgomery city Buses?
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10- Who was Rosa Park?
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11- What did Rosa Park do?

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La résistance passive- Passive Resistance
12- What happened on Monday, December the 5th?

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Le prix de la liberté- The Price of Liberty

13- What was the Alabama State Law?
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14- What did MLK decide to carry on (to continue) ?

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15- When was MLK arrested for the first time?
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16- But what is the Police Commissioner‘s position concerning the Segregation Law?

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17- MLK said” We must oppose violence to ……………………………………………………………….……”
18- What happened on November, 13th 1956?

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19- When was created the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)?
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20- What were its principles?

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21- What was the name of his first book?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------What does it mean in French?
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22- What did the black students do in order to protest for their rights?

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Des progrès à Washington-Progress in Washington DC

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23- Who was elected President of the United States in 1960?
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24- Did MLK supported J F Kennedy?

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Une ère de tumulte-An uproar era

25- In 1963, where did MLK decide to focus on what they called “the most segregated city in the States”?
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26- What was then showed on television?

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------27- When did the historical march on Washington take place?
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28- Where and where was assassinated John F Kennedy?

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Was the Civil Rights Act Voted?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------29- Who succeeded to JFK as a President?
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30- When was voted the Civil Rights Act ?

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31- What did it guarantee?
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32- When did the new Federal Law take place?

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------33- What did it say?
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34- What special price did MLK receive?

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L’appel aux armes-Call to arms

35- In the Civil rights struggle, some were not as non-violent as MLK, who were they?( give at least 2
answers)
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36- What happened to MLK in Harlem in 1964?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------37- An important march from Selma to Montgomery killed many black and white people, what did President
Johnson sign?
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38- Who were the black opponents to MLK?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------VIIILa violence et la guerre- Violence and War

39- What was King’s position toward the Vietnam War?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------IXLe Leader devenu Martyr- The martyr leader
40- Where and when was MLK assassinated?
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MY Sore is ………………………………………………………../40

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