MLK

=Martin Luther King, Jr.=


 * Directions**: Use the following questions and resources to learn more about your individual. Take careful notes; you may not simply cut and paste from the Internet into your notes. Keep careful track of your sources for your Works Cited. Based on your research, you will create a profile of your individual to share with the class. This profile should provide basic background information on your individual //and// provide an overview of his/her stance on our main questions: where is the U.S. headed from here? what are the primary issues/concerns facing our nation? how would deal with these issues and concerns?


 * Questions to consider as you do your research;**
 * How did the Civil Rights Movement change between 1965 and 1968? What new challenges presented themselves after the passage of the voting rights act? Make sure you take a look at the issue of rioting in northern cities that occurred during the summers of 1965, 1966, and 1967.
 * What was the Poor People's March that King helped to lead in 1968? What were his goals? His strategies?
 * How do MLK's vision for the future compare to/contrast with the views of the Black Panther? The Black Power movement?
 * How does the Vietnam War have an impact on MLK's views on race and equality in America?


 * Resources**
 * Eyes on the Prize: Poor People's Campaign: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/15_poor.html
 * American Experience: Citizen King: Non-Violence: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mlk/sfeature/sf_bible.html
 * MLK's Biography: The Poor People's Campaign: http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/autobiography/chp_31.htm
 * Bearing the Cross: Excerpt on the Poor People's Campaign: [|Google Books]
 * The Children's Defense Fund: http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=History_Poor
 * Eyes on the Prize: Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/16_vietnam.html
 * Eyes on the Prize: The Detroit Race Riots 1967: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/13_detroit.html