Martin Luther King Jr

Life

Significance

Protests

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March on Washington for jobs and freedom 1963

Montgomery bus boycott 1955/1956

Attended Booker T. Washington high school and entered Morehouse College Atlanta at age 15. 1948, MLK attended his first integrated school Crozer Theological Seminary. Enrolled to Boston University , and earned his PhD on theology in 1955.

King Jr married Loretta Scott in 1953 and they have four children together: Yolanda Denise, Martin Luther iii, Dexter Scott, and Bernice Albertine.

Assassinated in Tennessee April 4 1968​

Born Atlanta, January 15 1929​

Protest campaign against racial segregation in public buses that began in December 1955, when African woman Rosa Park was arrested for not giving her seat to a white lady on the bus. Dr. King suggested a citywide boycott of public transportation that proved to be affective because in June 1956 segregated buses became illegal in Montgomery

During his last year of college he came under the guidance of Morehouse CollegePresident Benjamin E Mays. Mays encouraged MLK to "view christianity as a potential force for social change"

Every boycott held by Dr.King was peaceful as he did not believe in violence

Father Martin Luther King Sr was a pastor and was involved in the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People

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At Crozer Theological Seminary MLK learned about the teaching of Mahatma Gandhi.

Throughout his life he became the leader of a civil rights movement, using non violent protest methods to fight segregation and achieve equality

He was shot on the balcony of his hotel in Memphis.

The Symbolic Leader of African- Americans

What he achieved

Dr. King delivered this famous 'I have a dream' speech on the steps of the Lincoln memorial during the largest political rally ever seen in the US for jobs and freedom. This was possibly his most famous act as a civil rights leader.

A famous line from his speech is: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

The Birmingham campaign 1963

A campaign started by Dr.King to end discriminatory economic policies (job availability,, wages, prices of goods, etc) . It included boycotting certain businesses that only wired white people or had segregated bathrooms. By the end of the campaign, many segregation signs at Birmingham businesses came down and public places became more open to all races

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Bloody Sunday 1965

Dr.King and several other civil rights leaders organised three marches in a bid for voting rights for all. Film footage of the police brutality spread around the country, it sparked anger and helped to boost support for the civil-rights movement. it was a turning point for the civil rights movement and a clear demonstration of Dr.King's nonviolence.

Dr.King organised another march and delivered speech that is now known as "How long, not long"

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He Brought publicity to major civil rights activities and efforts

Provided leadership to the African- American civil rights movement

emphasised and encouraged the importance of non- violent protests and resistance

Nobel peace prize for leading non- violent resistance to racial prejudice in the U.S. October 14 1966

Time magazines Man of the year 1963

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