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MARTIN LUTHER KING - Coggle Diagram
MARTIN LUTHER KING
KEY DATES AND IMPORTANT EVENTS
1944 - Passed entrance examination to Morehouse College.
1948 - Received a degree in Sociology from Morehouse College.
1953 - Married Coretta Scott.
1954 - Became a minister in Montgomery, Alabama.
1955 - Received a doctorate in Theology from Boston University.
1955/6 - Led the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1963 - Organized the March on Washington and gave the "I have a dream" speech.
1964 - Saw the Civil Rights Act pass.
1965 - Saw the Voting Rights Act pass.
1968 - Was shot to death by James Earl Ray.
APPEARANCE
avarage height
dark skin
brown eyes
black, curly hair
powerful voice
REASON FOR BEING FAMOUS
Achievement of significant goals:
Powerful speeches and rhetoric
Nonviolence and peaceful resistance
Leader of the civil rights movement
Assassination and lasting impact
RESULTS OF THE EVENTS AND ACTIONS
civil rights Legislation
End of Segregation
Improvement in African American Living Conditions
Inspiration for Global Movements
cultural and Political Legacy
EARLY LIFE
on 15 january 1929
in Atlanta, Georgia
American
he studied in:
Pennsylvania
Boston
Georgia
HIS LATER LIFE
assassinated
by James Earl Ray
on 4 April 1968
in Memphis
PRIZES WON
Nobel Peace Prize,
Presidential Medal of Freedom,
grammy awards,
FAMILY
religious family
grampa and father
ministers in the church
PROFESSION
activist, politician, American Protestant pastor, leader
THING HE FOUGHT FOR
the rights of black people