Jane Elliott (April 1968)
After the world faced the great tragedy of losing Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., many people questioned the high leverage the social justice movement once had. As America lost one of its greatest spokes people, who fought day and night against racism, it seemed as though people could only continue to live on through his legacy in order to maintain his efforts. On April 5, 1968, the day after MLK was shot and killed, a women by the name of Jane Elliot decided she would partake in maintaining the voice of Martin Luther King Jr.