After he completed his junior year at Booker T. ... King wrote a book about the Montgomery boycott. His book is called Stride Toward Freedom. ... A white mob surrounded the church where the rally took place, and the participants could not leave until about six the following morning. ... In the aftermath of the agreement, white extremists bombed King's hotel and his brother's home, igniting riots by blacks. ...

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

He started a militant, all black group called the Black Panthers. ... Her book attacked the use of chemical pesticides. ... It began by the publishing of a book. The book was The Feminie Mystique, by Betty Friedans. ... A movement was needed because of the unfairness and discrimination by sex in the work place. ...

• Word Count: 4042
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

King's and Abernathy's homes were both bombed, along with his Hutchinson Street Baptist Church. ... If arrested, a new group would take their place immediately. ... As each group was arrested a new one would take its place. ... It was called the "Sacrifice for Dignity." The students in attendance then formed an independent organization called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to lead in the effort. ...

• Word Count: 6511
• Approx Pages: 26
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In fact, some laws, called segregation laws, often limited their freedom and discriminated against them. ... A secret society called the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) had been organized to uphold this white "supremacy-. KKK members burned blacks' homes and churches, and even hanged blacks simply for "talking back- to whites. ... King's network began to fall into place. ... With this in mind, he began his first book "St...

• Word Count: 3558
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Indeed it was not common to call a slave other than by his first name or as boy". ... But the so-called Reconstruction period failed, although Blacks were now called citizens", they still had no civil rights. ... They used threats, burning and lynching to keep the black man in his place". ... Daddy King, as he was called by his family, was an example for Martin, who was deeply influenced by his home and his church, which helped him in the white racist society of the South. ... King lectured in all parts of the country and discussed problems of Blacks with civil-rights and religious leader...

• Word Count: 3965
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

The two men were working towards the same goals as Cone explains in his book, but in different manners. ... If King loses, worse leaders are going to take his place. ... Louis Farrakhan called him a "cowardly hypocritical dog" who "is worthy of death." ... Cone also quotes King's wife, Coretta, who said King saw her as a "homemaker" and expected her to be "home waiting for him." ... Malcolm called women "tricky, deceitful, and untrustworthy flesh." ...

• Word Count: 2721
• Approx Pages: 11

Fred Shuttlesworth called a meeting of local ministers and community leaders at Sardis Baptist Church and the ACMHR was founded. ... King's philosophy of nonviolence described in his first book, Stride Toward Freedom. ... Shuttlesworth served as minister at First Baptist Church in Selma until 1952, and the following year he was called to Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham. ... Fred Shuttlesworth called a meeting of local ministers and community leaders at Sardis Baptist Church and the ACMHR was founded. ...

• Word Count: 6336
• Approx Pages: 25

He was gifted and because of that he skipped the ninth and the twelfth grade of the "Booker T. ... They suffered terrorist telephone calls and threatening letters from King's opponents. ... They were called "Freedom-Riders", and their goal was to end the segregation at bus terminals. ...

• Word Count: 4457
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School