The Role of MLK

Question 1

knowledge

Answer 1

• he believed in non violent direct action.
• he protested in one of the most racist cities, birmingham, alabama in 1963.

Question 2

analysis

Answer 2

• people liked this idea and he garnered a lot of support
• camera crews filmed police using water cannons and dogs against the protesters and people were outraged, bringing attention to the issue of prejudice and racism within southern states. President kennedy was influenced to present the civil rights bill.

Question 3

analysis+

Answer 3

• it could be argued MLK did not create any economic improvement for people who were living in the north and they still struggled with poverty and other social issues that laws could not solve.

Question 4

evaluation

Answer 4

claybone carson “ if king had never lived, the black struggle would have followed a course of development similar to the one it did.”