1.What do you know about Martin Luther King?

10. Dr. King (Para.52): Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He played a key role in promoting progress in civil rights in the United States, and he has become a human rights icon. King is recognized as a martyr by two Christian churches. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career.

He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first President. King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his famous speech "T Have a Dream.” There, he raised public consciousness of the Civil Rights Movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. King was assassinated on April 4,1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the third Monday of January around the time of his birthday, January 15, was established as a US. national holiday in 1986.

2.What do you know about the Reagan Coalition?

The Reagan Coalition (Para.35): The Reagan Coalition was a group of voters brought together by Republican Ronald Reagan in order to establish a major political realignment with his massive victory in the 1980 United States Presidential Election. Democrat Jimmy Carter's failure in the majority of socio-economic groups made the formation of the Reagan Coalition possible. In 1984 Reagan won nearly 60% of the popular vote and carried 49 of the 50 states. The Reagan Democrats were Democrats who voted for Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984, producing their landslide victories. They were mostly white, socially conservative blue-collar workers, who lived in the Northeast, and were attracted to Reagan's social conservatism on issues such as abortion, and to his hawkish foreign policy.