https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2 From the book by Coleen Degnan-Veness en-us 2022-03-24 07:52:39 UTC 2025-12-18 23:22:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1490200217/538160bbdf44504904ce3d8cad3c15e9/41cc6i2pd_L__AC_.jpg 06mtresens https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2111355823 He was born in Atalanta, Georgia on the 15th of January 1929.]]> 2022-03-24 08:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2111355823 06mredondo https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2111358938 On August 28, 1963, he stood in front of more than 250,000 protest marchers in Washington.]]> 2022-03-24 08:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2111358938 06mtresens https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2111371087 On the stormy evening of April 3, 1968,in Memphis, Tenessee, King gave his last speech. He was speaking to workers who wanted higher psy from the city.]]> 2022-03-24 08:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2111371087 06mredondo https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2111373394 It began in 1620, when white people started big farms, and needed workers. So, Africans were sold as slaves.
Slavery ended in 1807, when the president Thomas Jefferson tried to end slavery with a new law: The use of slave-trips to America will be illegal.]]> 2022-03-24 08:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2111373394 06mtresens https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2134056244 Daddy king wanted to test his son because he told him that he wanted to be a preacher. Daddy told Martin to preach in his church the next Saturday. It was really succesful. He studied hard and on February 25, 1948, he finallly became a preacher.]]> 2022-04-07 06:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2134056244 06mtresens https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2134077010 On the night of January, 26, 1956, the police arrested King for driving two kilometers/h faster than the correct speed for that street. he went to jail, and a crowd of black people manifested against it. He was released.]]> 2022-04-07 06:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2134077010 06mtresens https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2134083231 It's organization in the South to help African-Americans get voting rights. Martin called 115 leaders to Montgomery on August 7 and 8, and created it in 1957. He was voted president.]]> 2022-04-07 06:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2134083231 06mtresens https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2134094922 In February 1957, King's photo was on the cover of TIME magazine. ]]> 2022-04-07 07:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2134094922 06mtresens https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2134107718 On September 3, 1948, he tried to go to a court room to speak to Abernathy. He met two policemen and was arrested and taken to jail. When the police discovered it was King, they politeely sent him home. But it was too late: the photo of police violence against King was already printed in every newspaper. He was told to pay]]> 2022-04-07 07:12:16 UTC https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2134107718 06mtresens https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2153251627 On December 10, 1964, at the age of 35, he recieved the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. He was the youngest winner in history]]> 2022-04-22 07:34:53 UTC https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2153251627 06mtresens https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2153255614 The day after his last speech, on April 4, 1968, KIng was shot directly in the face.]]> 2022-04-22 07:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/06mtresens/n0zj8qhqoimrpwo2/wish/2153255614