全新版大学英语第三册—Unit 2.ppt

Have a good time! Have a good time! Unit two Ferqus M.Bordewich The Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King , Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I have a dream Martin Luther King，Jr. Uncle Toms Cabin Historic Site Uncle Toms Cabin Historic Site * * Civil-Rights Heroes Text A Background Information Uncle Toms Cabin Freedom and Rights The Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King , Jr. The Underground Railroad in Canada Freedom and Rights Freedom of the individual is considered one of the essential features of western civilization, which itself is sometimes called the Free World. This freedom is often expressed in terms of rights to do certain things or to be treated in a particular way. In Britain and the US the most basic rights include freedom of expression, of choice and of worship. It refers to the national campaign by African-Americans in the U.S. for equal rights especially in the 1950s and 1960s. The campaign included boycotts, the actions of freedom riders, and in 1963 a march to Washington led by Martin Luther King. Have a good time! Have a good time! Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929?– April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently referenced as a human rights icon today. King is recognized as a Saint by two Christian churches. Have a good time! A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. Kings efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his I Have a Dream speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the gre