Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968 I Have a Dream . . . Mrs

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Martin Luther King, Jr.
1929-1968
I Have a Dream . . .
Mrs. Jacobs 1st Period ELA Jacobs
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• Biographical Information
• Born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia to
  Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams
  King.
• His father was the pastor of Ebenezer Baptist
  Church.
• He had an older sister, Willie Christine, and a
  younger brother, Alfred Daniel.

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• As a child
• Martin and his family lived with his maternal
  grandparents on Auburn Street.
• Martins first two friends were white and they
  played together all the time.
• When they went to school, Martin went to a
  school for blacks and his friends went to a
  school for whites.
• Martin was not allowed to play with his white
  friends any more once school started.
• This was Martins first experience with
  segregation

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Martin was born in this house in Atlanta,Georgia.
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• Martin Grows Up
• Martin graduated from high school when he was
  fifteen years old.
• After high school Martin went to Morehouse
  College, a black college in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Martin became a minister when he was only 19
  years old.
• Martin attended Crozer Theological Seminary.
• Martin became a Doctor of Philosophy at Boston
  University.

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• Martin Has a Family
• Martin married Coretta Scott in 1953.
• They moved to Montgomery, Alabama.
• Martin became the pastor of Dexter Avenue
  Church.
• They had four children Yolanda, Martin Luther
  III, Dexter Scott, and Bernice Albertine.

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Martin and his family frequently traveled
together fighting for equality among all
Americans.
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• Montgomery Bus Boycott
• The buses in Montgomery, Alabama used to be
  segregated.
• Blacks had to sit in the back of the bus and
  give their seats to white people when the bus
  was full.
• On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give
  up her seat to a white person and was put in
  jail.
• Martin and other black leaders organized a
  boycott of the buses.
• The Supreme Court eventually ruled that bus
  segregation was unconstitutional.
• Martin decided to spend his life fighting for
  integration and equality.

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• The Civil Rights Movement
• The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a turning point
  in the Civil Rights Movement.
• Martin remembered his mother telling him he was
  as good as anyone, black or white.
• Martin used speeches and other nonviolent means
  to protest inequality.
• Martin traveled all over the United States
  helping people who were working to change unfair
  laws.
• In 1964 Martin was given the Nobel Peace Prize
  for his work to build peace among all Americans.

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Martin and Coretta at the Nobel Peace Prize
ceremony.
Martin continues to preach peace.
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• The Civil Rights Act
• In 1963 President Kennedy proposed a Civil
  Rights Act to Congress.
• A march was organized on Washington D.C. to
  support the bill.
• On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people
  gathered in Washington, D.C.
• Martin gave his I Have a Dream speech.
• President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of
  1964 on July 2, 1964.

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Martin would never see the Civil Rights Act
passed.
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• Martin Luther King Dies
• Many people loved Martin, but some people hated
  him for fighting for equality.
• During his fight for freedom he received many
  threats and even experienced some violence.
• On April 4, 1968, Martin was assassinated on the
  balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis,
  Tennessee.
• The assassin was James Earl Ray.
• James Earl Ray was convicted of first degree
  murder.
• Martin was buried April 9, 1968 in Atlanta,
  Georgia, where he was born.
• On his tombstone are the words Free At Last
  ... from his famous Washington speech

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The world is stunned by the loss of this great
man and leader.
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President Ronald Reagan signed the bill to make
January 20th, the celebration of Dr. Kings
birthday a national holiday.
We celebrate Martins birthday to remember his
struggles and triumphs, and to remind us to live
a peaceful life.helping others.
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Citations
"Dr. King Timeline." Portland Public Schools.
Web. 08 Nov. 2010. lthttp//www.pps.k12.or.us/distr
ict/depts/itss/buckman/timeline/kingframe.htmlgt.
Web. 08 Nov. 2010. lthttp//www.mlkonline.comgt.
http//seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/
http//www.lifemag.com/Life/mlk/mlk.html
http//users.massed.net/tstrong/Martin.html