martin luther king

     

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was one of the pivotal leaers of the American civil rights movement. King was a Baptist minister, one of the few leadership roles available to black men at the time. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957), serving as its first president. His efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Here he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.

Trivia about martin luther king

  • Clergyman seen here in 1956
  • This man's Jan.15 birthday is honored each year with a holiday on the third Monday of the month
  • August 5:This man gets hit in the head by a rock while leading a civil rights march in Chicago
  • In 1955 this Atlanta-born man got a Ph.D. in theology from Boston University
  • In 1944 he entered Atlanta's Morehouse College as a 15-year-old struggling with religions doubts
  • Senator Obama attended the 2006 groundbreaking for this man's memorial, 1/2 mile from Lincoln's