1968 Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated; Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., introduces legislation for federal holiday to commemorate King
1973
Illinois is first state to adopt MLK Day as a state holiday
1983
Congress passes, President Reagan signs, legislation creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1986
Federal MLK holiday goes into effect
1987
Arizona governor Evan Mecham rescinds MLK Day as his first act in office, setting off a boycott of the state.
1989
State MLK holiday adopted in 44 states
1991
The NFL moves the 1993 Super Bowl site from Phoenix, Ariz., to Pasadena, Calif., because of the MLK Day boycott.
1992
Arizona citizens vote to enact MLK Day. The Super Bowl is held in Tempe, Ariz. in 1996.
1993
For the first time, MLK Day is held in some form—sometimes under a different name, and not always as a paid state holiday—in all fifty states.
1999
New Hampshire becomes the last state to adopt MLK Day as a paid state holiday, replacing its optional Civil Rights Day.
2000
Utah becomes the last state to recognize MLK Day by name, renaming its Human Rights Day state holiday.
South Carolina becomes the last state to make MLK Day a paid holiday for all state employees. Until now, employees could choose between celebrating it or one of three Confederate-related holidays.
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Response of The Glory Field
The Glory Field
by Walter Dean Myers
Jinu Baek
I entered a whole new world, the scary and dangerous world. I got whipped by whites, and I lived in misery. I was in the scary slave ship, and I was in the Live Oak Plantation, and I sailed on the ship against the storm. In the journey of 375 pages, I was a part of the book. I was trying to go to the college, and I was making a speech, and I was on the trip from New York to South Carolina. Muhammad Bilal was taken to America by the slave ship. Lizzy worked on the Like Oak Plantation. Elijah Lewis sailed against the strong storm, and Luvenia tried to go to the college. Tommy Lewis made a speech, and Malcolm had a trip from New York to South Carolina.
While Muhammad was hunting a Seen-Ba, slave catchers got him and he was sent to the slave ship. Muhammad had such a hard time in the slave ship. It was bloody, full of screaming of dying people, crying of babies, smell of waste, and diseases. " ...dead...screams....terrifying...darkness..."(P.7)
Lizzy was working on the Live Oak Plantation. Lizzy escaped later and finally reached yankee's camp, "excited... scared... both"(p.61) Lizzy had to escape because if she didn't, she would get whipped by slave owner.
Elijah's grandparents needed money to live. Elijah decided to earn some money by rescuing Little David. He sailed through the storm. It was really hard. "The water just beyond the first bank was rough with breaker line running at a sharp angle to the shore"(p.108). Finally, he earned some money.
Luvenia wanted to go to the college and tried very hard, but it was really hard to make it because she was a black. She decided to open hair dressing business instead. She became a successful businesswoman. "The party lifted Luvenia more than she thought it would. There ws something in the air, feeling that everybody in the small apartment could sense, which held them all together"(p.205).
Tommy was a highschool basketball player. He had an opportunity to go to the college, but he had to follow white rules if he wants to go to the college. Instead, he made a powerful demonstration at the Press Meeting about how hard and painful it was being a black."didn't give us the keys...only the chains...(p.284). He put into jail and lost his opportunity.
Malcolm had a trip from New York to South Carolina, where the Glory Field and Live Oak Plantation were. He learned the family history.
The Glory Field is where Lam, who was the boy escaped from Live Oak Plantation with Lizzy was buried. They couldn't bury him in the Live Oak Plantation because the slave owner didn't allow them to. After he escaped, he died in the Civil War.Slavery started because of the money. Even though it is really bad reason to be slave, blacks tried to be freed men as Lam did. It was a long journey and now, it became much better like blacks can sit on the front of the bus, and they also have power to vote. I'm glad that now segregation is getting weaker and weaker.
-Jinu Baek-
by Walter Dean Myers
Jinu Baek
I entered a whole new world, the scary and dangerous world. I got whipped by whites, and I lived in misery. I was in the scary slave ship, and I was in the Live Oak Plantation, and I sailed on the ship against the storm. In the journey of 375 pages, I was a part of the book. I was trying to go to the college, and I was making a speech, and I was on the trip from New York to South Carolina. Muhammad Bilal was taken to America by the slave ship. Lizzy worked on the Like Oak Plantation. Elijah Lewis sailed against the strong storm, and Luvenia tried to go to the college. Tommy Lewis made a speech, and Malcolm had a trip from New York to South Carolina.
While Muhammad was hunting a Seen-Ba, slave catchers got him and he was sent to the slave ship. Muhammad had such a hard time in the slave ship. It was bloody, full of screaming of dying people, crying of babies, smell of waste, and diseases. " ...dead...screams....terrifying...darkness..."(P.7)
Lizzy was working on the Live Oak Plantation. Lizzy escaped later and finally reached yankee's camp, "excited... scared... both"(p.61) Lizzy had to escape because if she didn't, she would get whipped by slave owner.
Elijah's grandparents needed money to live. Elijah decided to earn some money by rescuing Little David. He sailed through the storm. It was really hard. "The water just beyond the first bank was rough with breaker line running at a sharp angle to the shore"(p.108). Finally, he earned some money.
Luvenia wanted to go to the college and tried very hard, but it was really hard to make it because she was a black. She decided to open hair dressing business instead. She became a successful businesswoman. "The party lifted Luvenia more than she thought it would. There ws something in the air, feeling that everybody in the small apartment could sense, which held them all together"(p.205).
Tommy was a highschool basketball player. He had an opportunity to go to the college, but he had to follow white rules if he wants to go to the college. Instead, he made a powerful demonstration at the Press Meeting about how hard and painful it was being a black."didn't give us the keys...only the chains...(p.284). He put into jail and lost his opportunity.
Malcolm had a trip from New York to South Carolina, where the Glory Field and Live Oak Plantation were. He learned the family history.
The Glory Field is where Lam, who was the boy escaped from Live Oak Plantation with Lizzy was buried. They couldn't bury him in the Live Oak Plantation because the slave owner didn't allow them to. After he escaped, he died in the Civil War.Slavery started because of the money. Even though it is really bad reason to be slave, blacks tried to be freed men as Lam did. It was a long journey and now, it became much better like blacks can sit on the front of the bus, and they also have power to vote. I'm glad that now segregation is getting weaker and weaker.
-Jinu Baek-
Also, he was the key player in his team. His team won the All-City tournament.
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