Civil Rights Leaders:
MLK and Eleanor Roosevelt- By Carleigh Lenz
MLK
He was the voice of all men for equality and known as the "father of the modern civil rights movement." Using non-violent techniques to make changes, he made his way to history. He changed the way white people view African-Americans.
Here Martian Luther King Junior and his wife, lead a peaceful protest.
MLK giving a speech to a very large crowd in march in Washington.
This pictured quote shows MLK's selfless nature.
A quote from MLK's most famous and most inspirational speech.
I Have a Dream
Although this phrase is so commonplace now that it doesn't phase us anymore, his was a revolutionary speech that changed lives and changed our culture forever.
Eleanor Roosevelt
As a first lady of the united states, Eleanor Roosevelt became a "high profile supporter of the civil rights movement." Saying that America had a "moral necessity for civil rights." This was important because she was in such an influential position, at the white house.
Eleanor meets with Mary McLeod, a member of the Black Cabinet.
Ms. Height presented the Mary McLeod Bethune Human Rights Award to Eleanor Roosevelt in New York in 1960
Here, Eleanor Roosevelt is pictured holding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a highly influential document that she helped create.
The photograph captures Eleanor Roosevelt and Jackie Robinson at the Manhattan School for Boys on June 16, 1959.