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"The Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award is presented each year to individuals in Montreal who best exemplify Dr. King’s ideals. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated each year on the third Monday of January."
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http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2009/01/the_unknown_mar.php
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Martin Luther King Jr. (7)
The people who inspired Martin Luther King Jr. was previous black civil rights leaders such as Booker T Washington. Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American political leader, educator, orator and author. He was the dominant figure in the African American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915. Representing the last generation of black leaders born in slavery, and speaking for the blacks wo remained in the New South with white Southerners. He maintained his standing as the black leader because of the sponsorship of powerful whites with support within the black community.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Martin Luther King Jr. (2,3)
King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. King's born name was Michael Luther King Jr., but changed his name to Martin later in life. His parents were Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. He had an older sister Christine and younger brother A.D. King succeded in getting blacks and whites equal rights.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Martin Luther King Jr. (4,5,6)
The problem for King was that blacks were treated very different then the whites. King is inspirational to me because I am black and the world now probably would just be the same as it was in the past if it weren't for Martin Luther King Jr.
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