Heroes of north america

Heroes of North America

• Heroes of North America- Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil

rights for African Americans in the U.S.

a.k.a. – Malcolm Little & El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz

1925 - 1965

“By any means necessary.” Malcolm X

Henry David Thoreau and Gandhi

Which of the heroes are obscure?

Segregation & integration

The two met only once in 1964 in Washington D.C.

“I have a dream” speech – 1963 Washington D.C.

Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by James Earl Ray @ the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, TN – April 1968

Assassination of Malcolm X in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom - 1965

- Cesar Chavez - fought on behalf of Mexican migrant workers in the U.S.

• Leader of the United Farm Workers union

• Led a strike of the California grape pickers during the 1960s.

- Archbishop Oscar Romero fought on behalf of poor & oppressed people before El Salvador’s civil war.

More than 75,000 people were killed during El Salvador’s civil war.

The assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in El Salvador

The military gov’t in El Salvador thought that Romero was involved with communist groups in El Salvador.

The U.S. supported the military gov’t.

The assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in El Salvador

The military gov’t in El Salvador thought that Romero was involved with communist groups in El Salvador.

The U.S. supported the military gov’t.

- The Catholic Church considers him the saint of the Americas.

Minerva Mirabal – Revolutionary & graduate of the University of Santo Domingo Law School.

Gravesite of the three sisters in Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.

The U.N. designated Nov. 25th as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

An obelisk in Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep. honoring the Mirabal Sisters

Dede Mirabal