The document provides a brief historical timeline of major events from 1954 to 1968 during the author's childhood, including the Montgomery Bus Boycott led by Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, and the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. It then jumps ahead 40 years to describe the author's activities on Election Day 2008, when they canvassed neighborhoods in Hazleton, Pennsylvania encouraging people to vote, and provided statistics about Hazleton's population characteristics, including its racial demographics and economic challenges such as unemployment and poverty.

1. Some historical
perspective…

2. 1954

3. Rosa Parks
and the
Montgomery
Bus Boycott
December 1955

4. 4th grade
1963

5. Martin
Luther
King Jr.
I Have a
Dream
August 1963

6. President
Kennedy is
assassinated
November 1963

7. Civil Rights Act of 1964

8. 8th grade
1968

9. MLK is
assassinated
April 1968

10. NY State Senator
Robert Kennedy
assassinated
June
1968

11. Democratic
Convention
Riot
August 1968

12. That’s just some of the
major history that took
place during my first 13
years of life.

13. Fast forward 40 years

14. Election
Day
2008

15. 6:00 a.m.

16. 7:30 - 10:15 a.m.
Drive from Rye, NY to
Hazleton, PA

17. 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Canvas Training at Obama
Headquarters, Hazleton

23. 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
GET
OUT
THE
VOTE!
4 miles and 160 addresses

25. Hazleton Statistics
✦ population =
approximately
22,000
✦ our area was occupied mostly by
Hispanic/Latino families
✦ a number of first time voters, one
who just became a U.S. citizen

27. Hazleton Statistics
✦ 1/4 of the ✦ unemployment rate 6%
households earn
less than $15,000
✦ median household
income (half earn
more than this, half
earn less) is
$31,000
✦ food stamps are a way of life

28. ✦ 1 room efficiency apartments were not uncommon