Hi My name is Angela I want to tell you how my uncle Martin used the power of words to help make America better
Before America elected its first African American president or the first African American woman ran for president or an African American was appointed appointed as a Supreme Court judge before African Americans became astronauts or Hollywood directors directors or billionaires America was a very different different place
There were laws in America that made life difficult difficult for African Americans These laws kept African African Americans from exercising their civil rights such as being able to choose where to eat drink shop or live
WHITE COLORED They were called Jim Crow laws Jim Crow laws prevented African Americans from enjoying life as other people did African Americans were segregated kept apart from white Americans Some people believed in segregation They were prejudiced
