1.) Read through your quote sheet.

2.) You will be choosing two quotes that jump out at you.

3.) Please work quietly and individually on this.

Class Definitions:

The Oppressor:

The Oppressed:

How can an oppressed group effectively overcome their oppressor?

MLK

I can describe major events in MLK’s fight against oppression.

Learning Target for today:

• born- 1929, Atlanta, Georgia

• Skipped 9th and 12th grade and started college at age 15

• Married Coretta Scott King in 1953

• Finished doctorate in theology in 1955

• 1955- Montgomery Bus Boycott

o This is where MLK became a national figure

Discovery Video

Freedom Rides

Writing Prompt 1:Do you think that the Freedom Rides were an appropriate reaction to oppression? Why?

Discovery Video

Birmingham Campaign

How did MLK try to use the oppressors in Birmingham to help his movement?

Writing Prompt 2:Do you think using the oppressor as part of this campaign was a good choice? Why?

What did MLK say were the 4 steps to non-violent campaigns?

lETTER fROM A bIRMINGHAM jAIL

Writing Prompt 3:How might the Freedom Rides and Birmingham campaign have influenced this letter?

-MLK organized a march from in Alabama from Selma to Montgomery to protest unfair voting laws.

-Gov. George Wallace ordered police to stop the march. The stopped it with brutal violence.

Bloody Sunday & Selma to Montgomery

“There may be some tear gas ahead. I say to you this afternoon, that I would rather die on the highways of Alabama than make a butchery of my conscience.

I say to you as we march, don’t panic and remember we must remain true to nonviolence.”

I have a dream Speech