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| | Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | King himself admitted that the vast majority of the poor were black anyway, implying that he could put his proposed programs in terms of class and not race, while still achieving the end of compensatory treatment, albeit via a more agreeable position. | | | King was long hated by many white southern segregationists, but this speech turned the more mainstream media against him. | | | Lomax had been publishing a series of investigative stories on the King assassination for the North American Newspaper Alliance, stories challenging the official view of the case, and had been reportedly pressured by the FBI to halt his investigation. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.
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| | King, Martin Luther, Jr. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Ray’s conviction was subsequently upheld, but he eventually received support from members of King’s family, who believed King to have been the victim of a conspiracy. | | | In a jury trial in Memphis in 1999 the King family won a wrongful-death judgment against Loyd Jowers, who claimed (1993) that he had arranged the killing for a Mafia figure. | | | Many experts, however, were unconvinced by the verdict, and in 2000, after an 18-month investigation, the Justice Dept. discredited Jowers and concluded that there was no evidence of an assassination plot. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/ki/King-Mar.html
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| | Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| | Edgar Hoover was determined to discredit King; in November of 1964 the FBI sent King a tape of one of his encounters with another woman, along with a note recommending suicide. | | | King's assassination led to disturbances in well over 100 cities and, before the violence subsided on April 11, the deaths of 46 people (mostly African Americans), 35,000 injuries, and 20,000 people jailed. | | | Levinson was also a key factor in the FBI's later surveillance of King: there were allegations of a connection between Levinson and the Communist Party that formed one of the legal bases for wiretaps of King's telephone communications. |
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http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/king_m.htm
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| | Martin Luther King Jr Day - MartinLutherKing Holiday Website |
| | Clearly a victory for nonviolent protest, King emerged as a highly respected leader and was chosen as president of the newly formed Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). | | | On April 3, 1968, King spoke of having "been to the mountain top and seen the Promised Land." The following day, while seeking to assist a garbage workers' strike in Memphis, Martin Luther King, Jr. | | | By this time, the core of King's philosophy of nonviolent protest had been formed, based on the ideals of Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi. |
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http://martin-luther-king-day.123holiday.net
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| | Martin Luther King |
| | While King was in prison he was criticised by a group of clergymen from Alabama who described him as a political extremist. | | | King and large number of his supporters, including schoolchildren, were arrested and jailed. | | | After the arrest of Rosa Parks, King and his friends, Ralph David Abernathy, Edgar Nixon, and Bayard Rustin helped organize protests against bus segregation. |
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http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkingML.htm
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| | Dr. Martin Luther King |
| | This is a homage to Dr. King by the union of Memphis garbage workers whose strike Dr. King was supporting when he was assissinated. | | | This is the speech Kennedy made to the press after learning of Dr. King's assassination. | | | Resouorces include the speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop", and Dr. King's views on organized labor and other related information. |
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http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/king.html
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| | Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil-Rights Leader |
| | A documentary presenting a compelling arguement that King was killed by a conspiracy. | | | The ultimate sucess of the Montgomery bus boycott made King a national hero. | | | Documentary footage of his speeches and interviews with friends and associates make for a penetrating look at the inspirations and frustrations that made up King's life. |
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http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/king.html
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| | A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| | United States Department of Justice investigation of recent allegations regarding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | | | On January 12, mostly concerned ministers, labor leaders, lawyers, and activists got together and formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in an effort to gain information and strategy for ending segregation in their cities and towns. | | | An American death; the true story of the assassination of Dr. |
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http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/mlking.htm
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| | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| | Most people have heard the dream speech or read his letters from jail, but there are many other interesting documents. | | | Site has interesting facts and information on his life, legacy, and assassination. | | | King was assassinated by a gunman in 1968. |
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http://www.42explore2.com/king.htm
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| | TIME 100: Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| | It is only because of King and the movement that he led that the U.S. can claim to be the leader of the "free world" without inviting smirks of disdain and disbelief. | | | King announces on April 25, 1967, that he would not be a candidate for the president of the United States | | | Before King and his movement, a tired and thoroughly respectable Negro seamstress like Rosa Parks could be thrown into jail and fined simply because she refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus so a white man could sit down. |
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http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html
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| | Martin Luther King, Jr. - EnchantedLearning.com |
| | King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. | | | Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality and civil rights in the United States of America. | | | King publishes his first book, Stride Toward Freedom |
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http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/MLK
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| | Martin Luther King, Jr. - from TeachersFirst |
| | This is an exccellent resource for primary source material on King's life. | | | This one could be a nice starting point for school reports. | | | This rendition of King's famous speech is easy to read and breaks the speech down into sections. |
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http://www.teachersfirst.com/mlk.htm
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| | The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: An Overview |
| | 5: Strange Goings-On at the Memphis P.D. 6: The FBI and the Death of MLK | | | This ParaScope special report investigates the mysterious circumstances surrounding King's death, examining a bewildering and contradictory tapestry of unsettling evidence. | | | But perhaps more controversial than the facts of the case itself is the apparent lack of continued public outrage over the loose investigation and conflicting evidence regarding the shooting. |
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http://www.parascope.com/mx/luther1.htm
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| | He had gone to Memphis, Tennessee to support the striking sanitation workers. | | | Although Dr. King was always trying to help others, there were plenty of people who disliked him because of the stand he took for justice. | | | Listen to the speech by way of audio http://www.broadcast.com/publicaffairs/speeches or read the speech "I Have a Dream", and describe how you would have felt being an American after hearing Dr. King's speech. |
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http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/webquest/middle/SocialScience/MartinLutherKing/dr.htm
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| | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the Net - The Story of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| | He traveled across America to support and speak out about civil rights and the rights of the underprivileged | | | So in order to spend more time with his family he wrote his first book, Stride Toward Freedom which was a success. | | | The United States Supreme Court would end the boycott, which lasted 381 days, by declaring that Alabama's state and local laws requiring segregation on buses were illegal. |
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http://www.holidays.net/mlk/story.htm
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| | Sheryl's Holiday Site: Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| | Never-before-seen footage and the memories of those who labored alongside him highlight this moving portrait of the courageous leader who paid the ultimate price. | | | For many Americans born in the late '60s and after, the civil rights movement is likely defined through grainy images of Rosa Parks, MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, and segregated schools. | | | This one-of-a-kind profile uses rare footage and photos to show how King's ideas and views adapted to the rapidly changing climate of the Civil Rights Movement. |
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http://www.sherylfranklin.com/holidays/mlking.html
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| | Lesson Tutor : Thematic Studies : Martin Luther King Jr. |
| | Heiberger, Ala., carried on his civil rights work after his assassination. | | | In the late 1960s he intensified his opposition to the war in Vietnam and to economic discrimination. | | | King was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, but his leadership was challenged as civil rights activists became more militant. |
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| | Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | King rose to national prominence through the organization... | | | Inspired by the belief that love and peaceful protest could eliminate social injustice, Martin Luther King, Jr., became one of the outstanding black leaders in the United States. | | | Discover the beliefs and mysteries surrounding the burial of King Tut. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9045504
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| | Education World ® - Lesson Planning: Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King! |
| | King led the fight against laws that were unfair to black people. | | | Martin Luther King's "I have a dream..." speech is one of the most famous and often quoted speeches of all time. | | | Martin Luther King's dream was to see people of all countries, races, and religions living together in harmony. |
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http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson046.shtml
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| | Martin Luther King, Jr., "I've Been to the Mountaintop" |
| | I would even go by the way that the man for whom I'm named had his habitat. | | | I would come on up even to 1863, and watch a vacillating president by the name of Abraham Lincoln finally come to the conclusion that he had to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. | | | Martin Luther King, Jr., "I've Been to the Mountaintop" |
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| | MLK Day of Service |
| | Hundreds of thousands of Americans will remember and memorialize Dr. King by participating in service projects in their communities. | | | During his lifetime, Dr. King sought to forge the common ground on which people from all walks of life could join together to address important community issues. | | | Working alongside individuals of all ages, races and backgrounds, Dr. King encouraged Americans to come together to strengthen communities, alleviate poverty, and acknowledge dignity and respect for all human beings. |
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| | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the Net - Welcome |
| | A time to remember his fight for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all races and peoples. | | | e've got stories of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement. | | | t is a time for the nation to remember the injustices that Dr. King fought. |
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| | Martin Luther King 1/12/2001 |
| | Martin Luther King's words still hold a stunning power and grace more than 30 years after his death in Memphis on April 4, 1968. | | | In honor of the holiday commemorating King's birthday, TIME.com presents a gallery of photographs by famed civil rights movement photographer Flip Schulke, accompanied by King's own words on nonviolence, race and his dream for the future of America |
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| | Martin Luther King Day Quotes |
| | They give the reader some spiritual understanding of the man which this national holiday of the United States of America celebrates. | | | All quotes are from the online documents at the Martin Luther King Jr. | | | Version: The University of Florida does not endorse or disendorse the content of this document. |
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| | Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes - The Quotations Page |
| | , Speech in Memphis, April 3, 1968, the day before King was assassinated | | | I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. | | | The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. |
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http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
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| | Dr. King Timeline |
| | In the back of the book was a timeline of the major events in his life. | | | We read a book by Faith Ringgold about Dr. King's life. | | | We have been learning about the life of Dr. |
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http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/buckman/timeline/kingframe.html
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| | The Seattle Times: Martin Luther King Jr. |
| | Readers comment on King's influence and their experiences with race. | | | Learn about this civil-rights leader and his sweeping influence. | | | · "Keeping his dream alive": Youths reflect on MLK |
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| | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| | On January 16, 2006, United States citizens will celebrate a national holiday commemorating the life and achievements of civil rights leader Dr. | | | Click on the links below for more information on the life of King and other important civil rights leaders. | | | Excerpt from the "I Have a Dream" Speech |
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| | WebQuest for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| | When Martin became a pastor, where was his church? | | | Use this Web site to help you answer these questions about Dr. King. | | | What was the famous speech that Martin gave in Washington, DC? |
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| | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/Black History Month |
| | Papers Projects at Stanford University, the King Estate, the King Center, and a listing of other related web sites. | | | History of the National Martin Luther King, Jr. | | | Site that includes history on Dr. King, media information, and info on current and past celebrations in his honor including dates, locations, and times. |
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http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/mlk
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| | MLK Web: A Teacher's Guide to Martin Luther King Jr. Lesson Plans, Quotes, Books, Movies, Posters, etc |
| | the online source for MLK quotes, biographies, timelines, speeches, photos, lesson plans, books, audio tapes, cds, videos, and posters, as well as african-american news and resources. | | | Welcome to MLK WEB - a Teacher's Guide | | | MLK Web: A Teacher's Guide to Martin Luther King Jr. |
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| | I Have A Dream |
| | Source: Martin Luther King, Jr: The Peaceful Warrior, Pocket Books, NY 1968 |
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| | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| | Celebrating the Holiday History and timeline from the Seattle Timesdiscussing the history of the holiday for Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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