Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Preached non-violence and peaceful protest

• Founder and first president of the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

King in Chicago, 1966• Chicago’s mayor, Richard Daley, respected

MLK and cautioned police not to use violence against King’s demonstrators

• When King attempted to march into the white ethnic neighborhood of Marquette Park and the all-white suburb of Cicero, he was forced to retreat due to virulent white rage and black militancy

• King realized race was not just a “Southern” issue and he looked on to traveling the country fighting racism and poverty

King’s Assassination

• In 1968 King went to Memphis to address black sanitation workers who had gone on strike

• He was murdered by James Earl Ray while standing on a balcony in Memphis

• This unleashed outrage in black communities; more than 25 cities experienced uprising

• Civil Rights Act of 1968 – had been pushed by King, passed after his murder. Outlawed discrimination in the sale or rental of housing

Homework

• Read Ch 22, Sn 3 (pgs 817-824)

• Answer all questions and define key terms on page 817

• Due Friday