PPT-The Supreme Court Case behind King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail

Howard Kaplan amp Tiffany Middleton American Bar Association Division for Public Education Illinois Council for History Education March 4 2016 wwwambarorgpublicedevents Walker v Birmingham . brPage 1br SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES brPage 2br SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES brPage 3br brPage 4br brPage 5br brPage 6br brPage 1br SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES brPage 2br brPage 3br SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES brPage 4br brPage 5br brPage 6br brPage 7br by Dr. Martin Luther King. One of the best texts for identifying rhetorical principles, strategies, and terms! . “Public Statement by Eight Alabama clergymen” published in the Post Herald. . The clergy make 4 specific accusations:. American Government. The Court. The . Supreme Court . is the ultimate court of the land. There are 9 judges that make up the Supreme Court. These Justices then hold their positions for life. Justices hold their positions for as long as they do so that they can avoid being entangled in political games, therefore allowing them to focus on the Constitutionality of laws. English 10AP. November 05, . 2013.  . Objective. : . SWBAT review “Facebook . Friendonomics. ” through discussion. . EU. : Communication determines meaning. How? Why? When?. Agenda. :. DGP. HW Review. Birmingham Jail. Martin Luther King Jr.. Martin Luther King Jr.. . Born into a family of baptist ministers. Went to school in Atlanta, GA. planned to study medicine and law. decided to commit himself to ministry. Nonviolent Protests. Nonviolent protest:. a peaceful way of protesting against restrictive racial policies. Greatly inspired by the teachings of Mohandas Gandhi. Many of the leaders in the Civil Rights Movement adopted nonviolence as an alternative to the racial violence they already faced. Unit 4: Institutions. The Supreme Court in Action…. To help you contextualize what the court does and how influential they are on our daily lives…. The Supreme Court Landmark Rulings. I. Background . Shuttlesworth. . “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”. Helena . High School. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. “With patient and firm determination we will press on until every valley of despair is exalted to new peaks of hope, until every mountain of pride and irrationality is made low by the levelling process of humility and compassion; until the rough places of injustice are transformed into a smooth plane of equality of opportunity; and until the crooked places of prejudice are transformed by the straightening process of bright-eyed wisdom.”. "Martin Luther King Jr. was photographed by Alabama cops following his February 1956 arrest during the Montgomery bus boycott. The historic mug shot, taken when King was 27, was discovered in July 2004 by a deputy cleaning out a Montgomery County Sheriff's Department storage room. It is unclear when the notations 'DEAD' and '4-4-68' were written on the picture.". AP English Language and Composition. Open Statement from 8 Alabama Clergymen. What four specific accusations do they make against King?. King is an outsider. He and his followers should negotiate for change rather than demonstrate. “. Separate But Equal. ”. Power point created by Robert L. Martinez. Primary Content: . The Americans. In 1892, Homer . Plessy. took a seat in the “whites only” car of a train and refused to move. He was arrested, and convicted for breaking Louisiana’s segregation law.. Federalist Paper #78: . The Supreme Court. is the “least dangerous. branch.” . Constitutionalism AKA. “The . Madisonnian. Dilemma”. ↙. ↘. . Self-Government VERSUS Minority Rights . Jail Triage is a voluntary program available to Kentucky’s county jails that screens for suicide risk, recommends interventions and arranges follow-up assessments with local mental health as needed. .