Kirsten’s Martin Luther King
Jr. Website:
Martin Luther King Jr. was
born in the year of 1929 on the 15th of January
He was born and raised in
His father and grandfather
were ministers at
He lived with his mother,
father, brother, and sister
Their parents taught them to
treat ALL people with respect
His father was a hard worker
when it came to breaking down race barriers
Martin soon learned that not
all people felt the way he did, and that all were not treated equally
Martin’s best friend as a
boy, was white, so when they started school, after the first day they weren’t
allowed to see each other anymore
College brought his decision
to be a minister
While in college, he learned
of Mahatma Gandhi and his method of “peaceful revolution”
Martin’s involvement began
with the arrest of an African American Seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks
She was arrested for not
giving up her seat on a bus
Martin knew a protest was
needed, thus a boycott was formed
This boycott lasted 381 days
before
The Southern Christian
Leader Conference (SCLC) declared him their leader
Dr. King led a march on the
17th of May of 37,000 people to Lincoln Memorial
September 9th
brought an investigation of voting irregularities
Drives held by the SCLC
helped the poor and homeless
Dr. King wrote the book, “Stride Toward Freedom” so he could be with his family more
At a book signing in
February of 1959, Miss King
accompanied her husband to
This would become Dr. King’s
method of getting what they deserved
His return back brought him
church duties, and closer to the core of the civil rights movement
February brought Martin and
the Freedom fighters to
They were arrested after
having been hosed, tear gassed, and had dogs released on them
The World SAW
On August 28th,
1963, Dr. King gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech
In ’64, he won a Nobel Peace
prize and gave 54,000 dollars to different civil rights charities
President Johnson signed the
Civil Rights Act, and Martin had accomplished a magnificent thing
That winter, Dr. King led a
march, what would be his last, from
Dr. King gave this speech,
his last,:
“We’ve
got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I
have been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind.
Like anybody, I would like to live
a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now.
I just want to do God’s will. And
he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. I’ve seen the
Promised Land.
I may not get there with you. But I
want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the Promised Land.
And I’m not fearing any man.
Mine eyes have
seen the glory of the coming Lord”
The next day, Dr. King was killed.
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