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Reading Comprehension

Martin Luther King

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1.Answer the following questions:

When was he born ?

He was English American Australian

He came from click Virginia Florida Georgia

He was  an only child he had two brothers he had a brother and a sister

Write a short text to explain what he likes :

What did he do in the 1950's:

He died in Alabama Memphis Georgia Tennessee

He died in click April the fourteenth nineteen sixty-eight April the fourth nineteen sixty-nine April the fifth nineteen sixty-eight April the fourth eighteen sixty-eight April the fourth nineteen sixty-eight

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2. Complete the summary with the words in the box                           

Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality and in the USA. He was on January 15, 1929, in , Georgia. Both his and grandfather were . His mother was a schoolteacher who taught him how to before he went to school. 

Young Martin was an excellent in school.

After graduating from and getting married, Dr. King became a minister and moved to . During the 1950's, Dr. King became active in the movement for civil rights. He participated in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus and many other peaceful demonstrations that protested 

the unfair treatment of . He won the Peace Prize in 1964.

Dr. King was on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, . Commemorating the life of a tremendously important leader, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day each year in , the month of his birth.

3. read about Rosa Park and do the following activities

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These events took place in the North of the USA in the South                                               

In buses, Black users could sit at the front    at the back but had to give their seats to whites if they were asked to   

at the back and were allowed to keep their seats if the bus was full.

4. TRUE OR FALSE ? JUSTIFY YOUR ANSWERS BY QUOTING THE TEXT.

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a) Rosa Park was left free after she refused to give up her seat . True     False

b) Rosa Park had a fierce argument with a white bus rider. True     False

c) Rosa park was already famous in Montgomerry. True     False

d) Rosa Park used to be President of the NAACP. True     false

e) NAACP aimed at improving Black people's  rights. True False

f) Martin Luther King decided to react against that form of discrimination. True     False

g) The bus boycott was a complete failure. True     false

h) White people reacted peacefully to the boycott. True     False

i) The bus boycott didn't have any consequences on Martin Luther King. True     False

j) The boycott lasted for more than 6 months. True     False

j) The boycott finally led to the end of segregation on buses. True     False

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