CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS

TIMELINE INTERNET PROJECT

Use the links below to find a minimum of 15 dates per person and create a timeline detailing major
events of each individuals life. Color coordinate each persons life

Red -Martin Luther King Jr.

Blue - Malcolm X
Green - James Baldwin
Yellow - Maya Angelou

For each date provide -

- Month and Year (Actual Date if possible)
- 2-3 Sentence summary of the event

For each timeline - as a final date, calculate that if each individual were alive today, what would be their
age?

Links

The King Centers Biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://www.thekingcenter.org/about-dr-king

The Nobel Prizes Biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

Malcolm X.com's biography of Malcolm X http://malcolmx.com/biography/

biography.com's Biography of James Baldwin https://www.biography.com/people/james-baldwin-

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biography.com's Biography of Maya Angelou https://www.biography.com/people/maya-angelou-

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How old would I be? Calculator http://www.datetime.io/age

Click here to see a sample timeline (Civil Rights Leaders) https://time.graphics/line/16220

Now that youve created the timeline

1. When did the bulk of Civil Rights accomplishments appear to have

occurred?__________________________
2. About what time period did these activities end?_______________________________
3. How were the effects of the assassinations of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. reflected in the
art of the time?_____________________________________
4. Subtract the year of their death from the hypothetical current age of MLK Jr. and Malcolm X. How
many years of activism did America lose for their assassinations?
5. From oldest to youngest, place the four individuals___________________________________
6. Do you believe that all of these individuals accomplished all that they hoped to
do?_________________________
7. In your opinion, what is left to be done of their dreams?
__________________________________________
8. How do you think the survivors felt, after the assassinations?