Today is Martin Luther King junior day, a federal holiday honoring the birthday of doctor King. He was a chief spokesperson for
nonviolent activism in the civil rights movement. He gave his famous, I have a dream speech in Washington d C in 1953. King was assassinated in 1968 and he king day holiday was first observed in 1986. Joining us to discuss doctor king is Monica Robinson, the president of the NACP [inaudible] rocking him branch. Thanks for being with us. Oh, your welcome
The second box is most likely petitions and resistance to new taxes which were constricting to the colonists after never being taxed before and previously being in a period of Salutary neglect
It was his dream to establish an independent Vietnamese country. He would first fight with the French who he
would later defeat and become the leader of North Vietnam. Later on the North and South fought each
other and despite U.S. support, the South was defeated and Vietnam was united
under communist rule.
