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[april2107]

Bonjour!

J'ai fait un exposé oral sur Martin Luther King, mais je pense avoir fait quelques fautes.

Quelqu'un pourrait-il me les corriger?

Merci d'avance.

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I- His youth

A/ His birth

Martin Luther King was born on January, the 15th in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.

B/ His family context

He was the son and the grandson of pastors. Both were pioneers of resistance to racial discriminations.

C/ His studies

In 1944, at the age of fifteen, he went to the Morehouse College of Atlanta. He wanted to become a doctor or a lawyer but finally, he chose the same way as his father. When he was eighteen, he was ordained pastor in his father's church and became his assistant. He continued his studies and after having got the Bachelor of Arts, he got the Bachelor of Divinity and a Doctor of Philosophy. During his bright schooling, he read Marx and was inspired by Gandhi, among other ones. He joined the N.A.A.CP. (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People). He was very interested in the black people rights.

II- His ambitions, his fights

A/ Civil rights

American Civil Rights movement began around the 19th century but it became more active in the mid 20th century. This movement used a non-violent resistance to abolish public and private acts of racial discriminations and racism against African-Americans. Segregation had begun in 1892.

In 1953, it was the first victory for this movement : segregation at school were declared contrary to the American Constitution. Meanwhile, Martin Luther King became more and more influential as somebody who defended the black-skinned people.

B/ Bus boycott

Two years after, Rosa Parks, a black woman, was arrested because she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus, as she had to, because of the Alabama laws. Martin Luther King decided to organize a boycott of the transport system. Black didn't take buses any more. Sometimes, they walked to their jobs, even if they had several miles to cover or they carpooled. The boycott lasted more than a whole year.

Martin Luther King underwent a lot of pressure from the government to stop the boycott. His house was bombed. But he didn't give up. Buses companies had to accept the end of the segregationist laws if they wouldn't clear out. So, in 1956, segregation in buses was abolished.

C/ Desegregation

As a result of this, in 1957, Martin Luther King created the S.C.L.C. (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) a non-violent association and became its president. Its purpose was to defend the civil rights of black people. Thanks to this organization he travelled all over the world to pass on his ideas.

Three years after, two black-skinned students refused to leave a place reserved for whites. Other ones came to uphold them. Then, Martin Luther King took part in the creation of a non-violent students committee.

A year after, he wrote a book : Fights for Freedom, which had been a literary success.

III- The end of his life

A/ “I have a dream”

Martin Luther King organized more and more demonstrations or marches to oblige the government to abolish segregation. The most famous one is the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in 1963. Around 200,000 black and white people came to see Martin Luther King deliver his famous speech “I have a dream”.

B/ Nobel Peace Prize

In 1964, at the age of only thirty five, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent fight against racism.

C/ His death

But only 4 years later, in 1968, he was assassinated by a white supremacist in a hostel in Memphis.

IV- The change of minds

A/ Law of Civil Rights

Martin Luther King managed to change attitudes about segregation, and he succeeded. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was voted. It declared racial discriminations as illegal.

B/ Law of right to vote

Only a year after, the Voting Right Act was voted too. At that time, equality between black and white people was almost gained. A lot of racist organizations as the Ku Klux Klan still exist.

[Jean B]

Bonjour, bienvenue sur le forum.

Bonjour!

J'ai fait un exposé oral sur Martin Luther King, mais je pense avoir fait quelques fautes.

Quelqu'un pourrait-il me les corriger?

Merci d'avance.

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I- His youth

A/ His birth

Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.

B/ His family context

He was the son and the grandson of pastors. Both were pioneers of resistance to racial discriminations.

C/ His studies

In 1944, at the age of fifteen, he went to the Morehouse College of Atlanta. He wanted to become a doctor or a lawyer but he finally chose the same way as his father. When he was eighteen, he was ordained pastor in his father's church and became his assistant. He continued his studies and after having got the Bachelor of Arts, he got the Bachelor of Divinity and a Doctorate of Philosophy. During his bright schooling, he read Marx and was inspired by Gandhi, among other ones. He joined the N.A.A.CP. (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People). He /was very interested/got a deep interest/ in the black people rights.

II- His ambitions, his fights

A/ Civil rights

The American Civil Rights movement began around the 19th century but it became more active in the mid 20th century. This movement used a non-violent resistance to abolish public and private acts of racial discriminations and racism against Afro-Americans. Segregation had begun in 1892.

In 1953, it was the first victory for this movement : segregation at school was declared contrary to the American Constitution. Meanwhile, Martin Luther King became more and more influential as somebody who defended the black-skinned people.

B/ Bus boycott

Two years later, Rosa Parks, a black woman, was arrested because she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus, as she had to, because of the Alabama laws. Martin Luther King decided to organize a boycott of the transport system. Blacks didn't take buses any more. Sometimes, they walked to their jobs, even if they had several miles to cover or they carpooled. The boycott lasted more than a whole year.

Martin Luther King underwent a lot of pressure from the government to stop the boycott. His house was bombed. But he didn't give up. Buses companies had to accept the end of the segregationist laws if they wouldn't clear out. So, in 1956, segregation in buses was abolished.

C/ Desegregation

As a result of this, in 1957, Martin Luther King created the S.C.L.C. (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) a non-violent association and became its president. Its purpose was to defend the civil rights of black people. Thanks to this organization he travelled all over the world to pass on his ideas.

Three years later, two black-skinned students refused to leave a place reserved for whites. Other ones came to uphold them. Then, Martin Luther King took part in the creation of a non-violent students committee.

A year after, he wrote a book : Fights for Freedom, which had been a literary success.

III- The end of his life

A/ “I have a dream”

Martin Luther King organized more and more demonstrations or marches to oblige the government to abolish segregation. The most famous one is the march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in 1963. Around 200,000 black and white people came to see Martin Luther King deliver his famous speech “I have a dream”.

B/ Nobel Peace Prize

In 1964, at the age of only thirty five, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent fight against racism.

C/ His death

But only 4 years later, in 1968, he was assassinated by a white supremacist in a hostel in Memphis.

IV- The change of minds

A/ Law of Civil Rights

Martin Luther King managed to change attitudes about segregation, and he succeeded. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was voted. It declared racial discriminations as illegal.

B/ Law of right to vote

Only a year after, the Voting Right Act was voted too. At that time, equality between black and white people was almost gained. A lot of racist organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan still exist.

[april2107]

Merci beaucoup d'avoir corrigé!