Mondo

Three Civil Rights Movement leaders

By giusimicheli
  • Date of birth of Gandhi

    Date of birth of Gandhi

    Gandhi was born in Portbandar in India.
  • Gndhi married Kasturbaj, 14 years old, a girl of his age

    Gndhi married Kasturbaj, 14 years old, a girl of his age

    Year 1883 Gandhi and Kasturbaj got married. It was a marriage decided by their families.

  • Gandhi left India to go to London to study

  • Gandhi took a degree in Law at London University.

    In 1891 he took a degree in law at London University and on 12th June he returned to India.
  • Period: to

    Gandhi lived, worked and fought against apartheid in South Africa for 20 years

  • Gandhi went to South Africa

    Gandhi went to South Africa

    In SA Gandhi opened an attorney: he defended and fought for the rights of Asian immigrants and African local people.

  • Gandhi founded the Indian National Congress

  • World war I broke out: Gandhi returned to India

  • Period: to

    Gandhi used non violent methods to force the British to leave India

    Hunger strikes, marches, negotiations, civil disobedience were non violent methods used by Gandhi to reach Indian Independence.
  • Date of birth of Mandela

    Date of birth of Mandela

    He was born in a small village in South Africa.
  • Date of birth of Martin Luther King jr

    Date of birth of Martin Luther King jr

    Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta in Georgia, in the USA.
  • March of salt

    March of salt

    Gandhi walked for about 400 km, from Ahmedabad to Dandi (Arabian Sea), for 24 days. When they arrived at the sea, Gandhi and his followers gathered salt without paying taxes to the imperial authorities.

  • Nelson Mandela joined the ANC in 1943

    The African National Congress was founded in 1912 (6 years before Nelson Mandela's birth) to unite the African people against white minority ruling. Their aim has always been to create a non-racial and democratic South Africa.
  • India becomes independent

    India becomes independent

    The British king renounced the title of Emperor of India.

  • Apartheid becomes a law: racial discrimination is legalized.

    1948 the whites introduced a system of Apartheid that ended in 1994 when Mandela became the president of South Africa.
  • Gandhi was murdered by a hindu extremist.

    Gandhi was murdered by a hindu extremist.

  • M.L. King started studying Theology at Boston University.

    M.L. King got his degree in 1955.

  • M.L.King became the first black pastor in Montgomery, Alabama

    He made his first speech as pastor of the community.
  • Montgomery, Alabama: Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and was arrested

    Montgomery, Alabama: Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus and was arrested

    After her arrest Rosa and most African-Americans stopped travelling by bus. This protest was the beginning of a great Civil Rights movement whose leader was M.L. King . The protest was known all around the world.
  • Period: to

    The bus boycott lasted 382 days.

    Black people didn't use the buses, they walked, they shared cars, they took taxis at cheap legal prices, driven by Afro-american taxi drivers.

  • At Sharpeville Mandela was arrested.

    At Sharpeville many people were killed by the police.
  • John Fitgerald Kenney was elected president of the USA

    John Fitgerald Kenney was elected president of the USA

  • March to Washington: 250,000 black and white people marched for Jobs and Freedom.

    March to Washington: 250,000 black and white people marched for Jobs and Freedom.

    M.L. king made his famous speech: I have a dream... that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character. M.L.King made the speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall.The president J. Fitgerald Kennedy initially opposed the march for security reasons. The march was a success and a few hours later Kennedy met King at the White House to congratulate on him.
  • Period: to

    M.L. King fought for equality: he organised non violent marches. The result of these marches was that there were new laws to defend civil rights.

    M.L.King travelled for more than 9 million Km, made 2,500 speeches, wrote 5 books and the poilce arrested him 20 times.
    Many people died: the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965 is known as the Blood Sunday.
  • John Fitgerald Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas .

    John Fitgerald Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas .

    Nella cittadina di Dallas, il 22 novembre del 1963, un tale Lee Oswald troncò a colpi di arma da fuoco la vita del presidente Kennedy. La dinamica dell’attentato e soprattutto i mandanti non sono mai stati chiaramente identificati; lo stesso Lee fu a sua volta ucciso nel carcere di Dallas a poche ore dall’arresto.
  • Period: to

    Mandela remains in prison for 27 years.

  • After a trial of 4 years, Mandela was sentenced to life prison and was sent to prison.

    After a trial of 4 years, Mandela was sentenced to life prison and was sent to prison.

    Mandela was in prison for 27 years. He remained in Robben Island prison for 17 out of the 27 years.
  • M.L. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

    M.L. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

  • The president Jonson signed the Voting Rights Act: M.L.King was there with him.

  • M.L. King was assassinated on the balcony of a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee

    M.L. King was assassinated on the balcony of a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee

  • Period: to

    International campaign to free Mandela and sanctions on South Africa

  • Mandela was freed.

    Mandela was freed.

    Shortly after his release from prison Nelson Mandela became ANC President.
  • Mandela and F. De Klerk received the Nobel Peace Prize.

    Mandela and F. De Klerk received the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Mandela was elected president of South Africa

    Mandela was elected president of South Africa

    For the first time in SA's history, non white people could vote and choose their leader and the ANC party, led by Mandela, won the election. Nelson Mandela became the first black President of South Africa.
  • Barack Obama was elected President of the USA. He was the first black president of the American History.

    Barack Obama was elected President of the USA. He was the first black president of the American History.

    Barack won the election on 4th November 2008. He is, at present, President of the USA, because he was re-elected on 6th November 2012.
  • Mandela died.

    Mandela died.