by: gabriel cantero & jose maldonado room 201/8 th grade

A GREAT PERSON OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT:

C.K.STEELE

By: Gabriel Cantero & Jose Maldonado Room 201/8th grade

TimelineBorn 2/17/1914 in Bluefield,

West Virginia.

At the age of 15, he becomes a

preacher in 1929.

Steele moves to Atlanta, Georgia

to attend Morehouse

College in 1938 at the age of 24.

1952At the age of 38, Steele moves to

Tallahassee, where he met

MLK Jr.On May 1956, Steele formed a

bus boycott which was the

time when black people sat in the back of the bus.

In 1957, Steele helped MLK Jr. and others find the Southern

Christian Leadership Conference,

which he was the Vice President of.

C.K. Steele dies of bone marrow cancer in 1980 in Tallahassee, Florida at the

age of 66.

Accomplishments He helped form the Southern

Christian Leadership Conference.(SCLC)

He successfully led a bus boycott of 1956.

Became president of the Inter-Civic Council.

Led boycotts along Dr. King and Ralph Abernathy for equal rights mostly in the South.

Pictures

A map of part of C.K. Steele Plaza.

C.K. Steele

Background Knowledge*Born February 17, 1914 in Bluefield,

West Virginia.

*Son of a coal miner.

*Wanted to become a preacher at an early age.

*He became a preacher at the age of 15.

*He fought for equal right during the 60’s and the 70’s.

Pictures (cont.)

C.K. Steele at an old age. Another map of how to get to the C.K. Steele Plaza.

Letter from Leroy Collins to C.K. Steely

Pictures (cont.)

Telegram from C.K. Steele to Leroy Collins

Pictures (cont.)

*C.K. Steele was a preacher in his early days. (age 15)*Steele moves to Atlanta to attend Morehouse College.*Steele began to form bus boycotts and formed the Inter-Civic Council in 1956.*Moves to Tallahassee to help out with bus problems by forming more bus boycotts.*Formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference alongside Dr. King Jr. of which he became Vice-President of.

Conclusion

Internet Sites

*http://www.floridamemory.com/FloridaHighlights/Steele/*www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0921231.html – 31k –*http://crdl.usg.edu/voci/go/crdl/people/viewP/6909/C.%20K.%20(Charles%20Kenzie)/Steele,%20%201914-1980;jsessionid=2D528C559845F8270EB229FD6D704889*http://www.praisenews.faithweb.com/pastors/revsteele.html

Bibliography

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