Three People Who Changed the World
BY: Yazlyn Trinidad
Claim:
Facts
1.Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s. He led non-violent protests to fight for the rights of all people including African Americans.
2.It was at this march where Martin gave his "I have a Dream" speech. This speech has become one of the most famous speeches in history. The march and Martin's speech were a success. The Civil Rights Act was passed a year later in 1964.
Harriet Tubman
1.Harriet Tubman freed herself in 1851 using the system known as the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved Africans to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were sympathetic to their cause.
2.After freeing herself from enslavement, in Harriet Tubman returned to Maryland to rescue other members of her family.
Fredrick Douglas
1.Though Douglass was born a slave, he escaped in 1838 and eventually settled with his wife in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
2.Douglass consulted with President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War and helped influence the Emancipation Proclamation. After President Lincoln’s death, Mrs. Lincoln sent Douglass her late husband’s walking stick.