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05/09/2017
a man that helped his African American people a lot. His name was Martin Luther King Jr. also
known as MLK. He is a very important person in the African ethnicity, who is also honorable
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, born into a family who
has honored the Baptist church. He was the second child born, but first boy in the family. His
father was reverend Martin Luther King, and his mom was Alberta Williams King. He married
Coretta Scott of Marion, a woman of uncommon intellectual and artistic attainments. He married
her on on June 18, 1953. The marriage was performed in the Scotts home by Rev. King, Sr.
Martin Luther Kings first child was Yolanda Denise born on November 17, 1955, in
Montgomery, Alabama, the second child was Martin Luther III born on October 23, 1957, also
born in Montgomery, Alabama. Their third and fourth child were born in Atlanta, Georgia named
Dexter Scott born, January 30, 1961. Arriving two years later their last child was born, her name
Before becoming the most influential person in the United states and a good husband he
was a normal man. When he was a kid, his siblings and him would take piano lessons from their
mother. They would also enjoy playing sports such as football and baseball. When he was a kid,
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like any other child's dream, he wanted to become a firefighter. His grandfather began the family
Through all his lifetime he grew up to the idea that black and white people were different.
He knew that if a black family went to a restaurant they had to sit in a different section than
whites, or how the colored people weren't allowed to enter a whites-only restaurant. He also
knew that an African American child would not receive the same benefits and education as a
white child would. In a colored school, the kids weren't getting the same quality of materials and
courses, some of the kids did not even learn how to read. Compared to an all whites school they
would all get new books, desks, teachers that actually knew what they were teaching and
basically they given a better education than colored kids. The Jim Crow Laws was what kept the
In 1969, King launched a voting rights campaign in Selma, Alabama, where 355 out of
15,000 black residents had managed to register to vote. The following year he moved his family
known for his peaceful protests. He wanted a protest where there was no violence and colored
people would be taken seriously (aka nonviolent resistance). He wanted colored people to have
the same rights any white person would have, without being discriminated or beaten by the color
of their skin. He wanted to show that African Americans were capable of freedom and having the
Martin Luther King Jr. also fought for the rights of African Americans on buses. Rosa
Parks was a woman who rode the bus to get back to her house after she got off work. She sat in
an all whites- seat only knowing she was not suppose to. A white man was bothered by this
that he told the bus driver causing a big scene telling her to move away and sit somewhere else
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since she was a colored woman she had no right. Parks didn't move, causing the white man to
call the authorities to have her arrested. Every colored person had heard about this,which started
a huge rage. MLK wanted to fight for this kind of injustice. Originally, the same situation had
happened but with a pregnant young lady, but she actually obeyed and stood the whole way
home.
He didn't want colored kids to suffer the same way hehim and other colored people did.
He wanted to make a change in his community for his people. King Jr. wanted to be heard all
around the United States and make a world wide non-violent movement so the people colored
people could all have equal rights as any other person would have, including the stop of
discrimination and racism. He wanted to make sure that everyone knew that they were all the
same inside and just having a different skin color wasnt going to change anyone.. Each one had
August 28th 1963 at a historic march in Washington DC for jobs, freedom, racial equality
and the end of discrimination Martin Luther King delivered his I have a dream speech. Never
knowing this speech would change the future of many people, it did. Black peopleThey gained
their freedom, equal rights, same education, houses, and employments like every other white
person. There werewas people who weren't happy about this causing a rage, but they couldn't do
October 14th 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest man to receive a Nobel
Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence. He was arrested so many times
because of his racial movement protest, but that didnt stop him from fighting for what he
wanted. All whites wanted him to stop with all of this, thinking that African Americans didn't
Martin did not focus on being famous or being a rebel all he wanted was for everyone to
be equal. He earned a sociology degree from Mmorehouse Ccollege. He thrived in all of his
classes was a valedictorian of his class in 1951 and he was elected body president of his class.
He caused his father a lot of trouble by drinking and playing pool while in college. He was
By the end of the Birmingham campaign, him and his supporters were making plans for a
massive demonstration on the nation's capital composed of multiple organizations all asking for a
peaceful change.
His struggle continued into 1960. There was a horrific mark were whites and blacks were
fighting, King wasn't in the march but it had been televised all over the United States. They
planned a second march but it had been cancelled because of the people's rage. A third one was
planned it having it almost turn out like the first one but King made sure that nothing bad
happened he told people to kneel in prayer and turn their backs. By this he lost many young
African American protestors since all they wanted to do was fight. King wasn't up to that so he
decided to keep going with people who did want a change in the right way.
Later he expressed his concerns towards the vietnam war, believing that the americans
involvement in Vietnam was politically untenable and the government's conduct of the war
discriminatory to the poor. He warned the government to focus on the poor the economy the
After years of fighting the protest, almost death, and riots Martin Luther King was able to
make a change in the american nation. He helped all colored people change their rights,and their
lifestyle. He also helped generations think that everyone is equal and we are all the same rights
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no matter our race, gender, lifestyle etc. Instead of keeping the money he had received he
On the evening of April 4, 1968 he was standing on a hotel's balcony when he was shot
by Earl Ray who was apprehended after two months. The killing sparked riots and
demonstrations. After all of this he was granted a day in January (since this was the month he
was born in). Not all of the states celebrated this day but by the 2000s all of the states decided to
celebrate this national day because of all the civil rights movement and all the change he brought
King Jrs. life was difficult not only for him, but for his family too. He became a savior
for his people by helping them achieve their goals and having all the rights they deserved. Martin
Luther King Jr. always did non-violent protests, which helped him achieve what he wanted even
through all the struggles he went through. Civil right activists never gave up their fight even if
Works cited
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
http://castle.eiu.edu/~wow/classes/fa03/mlkchildhood.html
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http://www.shmoop.com/civil-rights-black-power/martin-luther-king-jr.html
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/montgomery-bus-boycott
http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086