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Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King, a black American, was born in 1929.
Although slavery was banned, still the blacks were treated

badly by the whites. He was the leader of the Civil Rights
Movement in 1950s and 1960s. He was awarded the

Nobel Prize in peace in 1964 for leading the non-violent
movements.

The blacks were humiliated by the whites. Martin Luther

King came to India in 1959. He wanted to learn about the Martin Luther King
Satyagraha Movement. He followed the non-violent methods of Gandhiji.

His methods were fully supported by the blacks in America. On August

28, 1963, about two lakh people joined him in his march to Washington.
The USA had to pass a law giving equality to the blacks. Still in some
States, injustice is being done to the blacks. In Alabama, the whites

prevented the blacks from voting in elections.

Martin Luther King continued his efforts to get equal rights for the blacks
in the USA. Some people did not like him and he was shot dead in 1968.

There are thousands of great people in the world, who have willingly
sacrificed their lives for human welfare and noble causes. We should try
to learn from their experiences.

AT ONE GO

 Sushruta and Charaka were medical experts of ancient India.
 Tansen was a great singer and musician.
 Rabindranath Tagore wrote our National Anthem.
 Socrates was a teacher and philosopher, who strictly followed the path of truth.
 Lincoln, born in a poor family, joined politics and became the President of the USA in 1860.

 Lincoln fought and won the Civil War between the Northern and Southern States of the USA.
 Karl Marx was a learned man. He studied law, philosophy, history and politics.
 Martin Luther King was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement.

REMEMBER THESE TERMS
Philosopher : A person who develops a set of ideas and beliefs

Plantations : Large fields, where one crop is grown on a long-term basis
Capitalists : The big landlords and rich industrialists and traders

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