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America´s Newest Holiday
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I. Tick the following sentences true (T) or false (F)!
a) Martin Luther King’s birthday is celebrated in January.
b) From profession he was a minister in the Catholic Church.
c) His grandfather was born in slavery.
d) Segregation was a problem only in some cities in the USA.
e) King was a schoolboy when he won a speech contest.
f) He had to study at a college in the North
because there was no college in the South.
g) He became a minister in Alabama, because he couldn’t find a better job.
h) The boycott of city buses was very important in the fight for civil rights.
i) Martin Luther King was arrested at least 20 times within 13 years.
j) He did his most famous speech “I have a Dream” in Washington, D.C. in 1963.
k) He died in April 1968.
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II. Connect the sentence halves.
a) “Martin Luther King Day” is celebrated
b) His grandfather was born in slavery so King, jr.
c) Black children were not allowed
d) In 1955 the Montgomery Bus Boycott started
e) The movement helped the Blacks
f) In 1964 he got the “Nobel Peace Price”
g) He was shot in 1968 and
and became “Man of the Year”.
thousands of people came to his
funeral.
to gain self-consciousness.
on the 3rd Monday in January.
to attend public schools.
and King became its leader.
knew about discrimination
III. Answer the questions on „America’s newest
Holiday“ in full sentences:
a) When do Americans celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday?
b) What was his profession?
c) Why did he know so well about discrimination?
d) Name four examples of segregation in Southern USA at that time.
e) How many colleges were open to black people in the South in the 1940’s?
f) What did he think about very hard when studying in Pennsylvania?
g) What happened on Dec. 1st, 1955 in Montgomery/AL?
h) What was important to Martin Luther King to make clear in the bus boycott?
i) What day did the boycott end when it had lasted for 381 days?
j) How many times was Martin Luther King arrested?
k) What’s his speech called he held in 1963 in front of the U.S. Capitol?
l) King was the youngest person ever to get the Noble Peace Prize. How old was he?
m) How old was Martin Luther King when his life was cut short?
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Solutions to the exercises:
I. True and False:
a) T
h) T
b) T
i) T
c) T
j) T
d) F
k) T
e) T
f) F
g) F
II. Sentences halves:
a) ..... on the 3rd Monday in January.
b) ….. knew about discrimination.
c) ….. attend public schools.
d) ….. King became its leader.
e) ….. to gain self-consciousness.
f) ….. and became “Man of the Year”.
g) ….. thousands of people came to his funeral.
III. Answers in full sentences.
Your answers might look like these:
a) Americans celebrate M.L. King’s birthday on the 3rd Monday in January.
b) He was a minister in Atlanta/GA and Montgomery/AL.
c) His grandfather was born in slavery which was very common in Southern USA.
d) Young black children were not allowed to attend public schools, the Blacks were not
allowed to sit on front seats in buses, and they were not allowed to visit restaurants or
even to use public toilets.
e) There was only one college for Blacks.
f) He was thinking about unemployment, living in slum areas and economic uncertainty.
g) Rosa Parks refused to leave her bus seat to a White and then the Montgomery Bus
Boycott started.
h) He wanted to show how important the Blacks were to the U.S. economy but how little
rights they only had.
i) It ended on Dec. 16th, 1956 (if you consider Dec. 1st, 1955 the beginning).
j) He was arrested about 30 times (depending on what it is meant with “arrested”).
k) His speech is called “I Have a Dream”.
l) He was only 35 years old.
m) He was only 39 when he was shot.