Friday, April 4, 2008

This Day in History

Forty years ago today a great man was shot. How was this man and what did he do for our country?

20 comments:

-Fisch- said...

On this day 40 years ago Martin Luther King Jr. was assasignated today. He did many great things for our country such as tryin to get rid of racism in our country.

Anonymous said...

Martin Luther King Jr. was shot 40 years ago today. He was shot by James Earl Ray. He spoke out against racism and the discrimination of the black people. He is a great person that did alot for our country.

.:*{briana alexis}*:. said...

Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on this day. He did the "I had a Dream" speech thing. He tried to get people to get treat equally and rights for all people.

Jon said...

It was Martin Luther King Jr. He was an African American who had a dream and he was shot for it because he just really wanted peace between the blacks and whites. He wasn't around to see it happen but his dream came true.

Jon said...

It was Martin Luther King Jr. He was an African American who had a dream and he was shot for it because he just really wanted peace between the blacks and whites. He wasn't around to see it happen but his dream came true.

Mitchell Haaland said...

Martin Luther King Jr. He read a speech about having a dream for America. He wanted to get rid of racism in this country, but racism still goes on in this country.

Kimberly said...

MLK Jr.... fought for racial equality. THE END

Abertsch10-11 said...

Forty years ago Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed today. He was one of the leaders of the Cival Rights Movement. He didnt eliminate racism in this country, but he did give them most of the rights of all other people.

Rylee said...

Martin Luther King Jr. was shot on this day 40 years ago. He did a lot to get rid of racism. He also tried very hard to have equality in our country.

Casey said...

That man was Martin Luther King Jr. He was the man that spoke for African Americans and gacve them many new rights. He made them equal to everybody else. If it werent for Martin Luther King Jr. black people would still not have as many rights as white people.

Robb8952 said...

This man was Martin Luther King Jr. who was assasignated on this day. He played a huge role in the civil rights movements during the 1960s. He fought for racial equality.

Tina said...

Today is 40 years after Martin Luther King Jr. He did a lot of thigs to help create equality for everyone, including African Americans. He help our country to realize that racism was wrong and that we needed to stop beig racist.

Reeber said...

This great man you are talking about is Martin Luther King Junior. He was assassinated. He was great because he gave the "I have a dream speech".

pauly said...

This day forty years ago Martin King Jr. was assasinated. He did a lot of things for our country like speaking against racism and the discrimination against black people. He was one of the greatest people of all time.

Anonymous said...

40 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. was assisinated. James Earl Ray shot him. Martin Luther King Jr. worked hard to get the civil rights passed. He is famous for his "I Have A Dream" speech. He even won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and led protests against discrimination. He wanted everyone to be treated equally.

BiG Goehring said...

This man was Martin Luther King Jr. He was the leader for the blacks and there fight for freedom. He was the favorite black man in the 50's and 60's.

Anonymous said...

Martin Luther King was shot 40 years ago on this day. He worked hard to create racial equality. He worked really hard for black rights.

Anonymous said...

Martin Luther King Jr. was shot forty years ago. He did many great things for us. He helped the AA's get the rights they have today.

tyler haaland said...

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. IT was very tragic. He tried getting rid of rascism and it somewhat helped too. He was a great orator.

bertsch said...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. HE was assinated 40 years ago today.