Martin Luther King
•Became the leader of the black Muslims in the USA
•Blacks rejected Christianity as a ‘white’ religion
•He had contempt for those who followed Martin Luther King’s pacifist methods •He believed blacks needed to protest with force
•Assassinated in 1965, possibly because of his disputes with the black Muslim Movement
•Blacks rejected Christianity as a ‘white’ religion
•He had contempt for those who followed Martin Luther King’s pacifist methods •He believed blacks needed to protest with force
•Assassinated in 1965, possibly because of his disputes with the black Muslim Movement
Question
If MLK was not assassinated what more could he have done for African American rights?
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Was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience.