He got out of his car and stroll across the street, where he rented a room at the Bessie Brewer's Rooming House. ... He could hear the screams across the street. ... Five days after King was shot, police found a Memphis hotel reservation on April 3 for Eric Starvo Galt, who listed a Birmingham, Alabama address and drove a white Mustang. Galt stayed at the Rebel Motel in Memphis for one night: April 3. ... He was assassinated in Memphis by a sniper on April 4. ...

• Word Count: 2208
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The tradition of protest is transmitted across generations by older relatives, black educational institutes, churches and protest organizations. ... Huge black mass meetings and other forms of protest were organized across the country. ... Today the NAACP has over 500,000 members and 1,800 chapters across the country. ... April 9, 1866 the Civil Rights Act is passed granting full citizenship to all people born on U.S. except for "Indians.... November 7, 1978 five blacks are elected to congress for the first time. ...

• Word Count: 1967
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Divided We Fall John Davis, a 28 year old African-American software engineer who has an annual income of $110,000, waits for a real estate agent in front of a beautiful two-story house in Kirkwood. He owns a small software company called Hi-Tex that is located only a couple of blocks from his...

• Word Count: 2726
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

As for the four LAPD officers involved in the arrest, they were unfortunately acquitted by the grand jury on April 29, 1992. ... Five days after the rioting started, 54 people were dead. ... On April 10, the case was submitted to the jury. ... The media is blaring police brutality across the nation. ...

• Word Count: 1416
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

His original name was Michael King Junior, and when he was only five years old his father changed both their names after the Protestant reformer. ... He used the teachings of Islam to tell blacks across the country that white people are responsible for the black community's self-hatred (Malcolm X). ... On April 3rd the night before he was assassinated he gave a speech at the Mason Temple in Memphis. ...

• Word Count: 1782
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

His original name was Michael King Junior, and when he was only five years old his father changed both their names after the Protestant reformer. ... He used the teachings of Islam to tell blacks across the country that white people are responsible for the black community's self-hatred (Malcolm X). ... On April 3rd the night before he was assassinated he gave a speech at the Mason Temple in Memphis. ...

• Word Count: 1781
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in 1929. Throughout his life, King was known best as a Civil Rights Leader. King was born into a family of Baptist Ministers. King grew up in a time when the opportunities for education and experience were not available to children in poorer urban and rural areas....

• Word Count: 2619
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School