• Martin Luther King was a black American who suffered discrimination himself. • As a Christian, he believed treating people unfairly because of the colour of their skin was against Jesus’ teaching of ‘love your neighbour’. • SO... • In 1956 he began joining in with campaigns against any treatment that discriminated against black people.
L/O – You will understand what is meant by “direct action” You will respond to a GCSE question using key vocabulary and religious teachings;