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KS3 Religious StudiesMartin Luther King

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Who was Martin Luther King?

What did justice mean to Martin Luther King?

How did Martin Luther King show justice?

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What did justice mean to Martin Luther King?

Martin Luther King was a black Baptist minister who wanted to end the oppression of black people in the USA in the 1950s and 60s. He felt the time had come to take a stand against the racial injustice he saw all around him.

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Oppression of blacks in the USA in the 1960s

Oppression means harsh and unfair treatment, such as:

Lower wages

Segregation on buses

Violent attacks

Not being allowed to vote

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He believed it was important for black people to gain the right to vote using peaceful protests.

Martin Luther King on violence

Martin Luther King said violence wasn’t the way to solve the problem, for several reasons:

Impractical

It humiliates your opponent.

It doesn’t help people understand you.

It leads to more destruction.

It thrives on hatred.

Immoral

“Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true.” (MLK)

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Civil rights march on Washington, 1963

What kind of protest do you think this was?Why are the protesters wearing suits?

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How Martin Luther King showed justice

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