This last term you have studied the history of the slave trade and slavery in the USA. You have also not only seen how slavery was ended in 1865 but also how racial discrimination continued into this century.

This is a very short exercise to enable you to find out how people were still fighting in the 1960’s in order to achieve racial equality in USA. These events involved some very famous people – but their story shows that the fight for equality is by no means over.

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Create your own document and save it in your history file. Then complete the following tasks under each of the two headings given. The sites given will provide you with the information you require (and some photographs) – but you may of course look further

1)

Make a biographical sketch to include the following information:

Date of Birth – where he was brought up – his job – what he believed – what tactics he used – and some examples of his achievements in the 1960’s – his death

From what you have found out about Martin Luther King what do you think was his greatest achievement?

2)

Explain what the Black Power Movement stood for and wanted to achieve – in what very important way did their methods differ from those used by Martin Luther King? – give one or two names of Black Power Members and write down one or two of their achievements.

Do you think that they achieved more than Martin Luther King?

Remember – Use the two sites above – but you can look at many others. Just make sure you define clearly what you are looking for