Martin Luther King Jr., a catalyst for a peaceful revolution

Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work leading a peaceful revolution in motion by American civil rights.

The early years
Martin Luther King, Jr., Originally Michael Luther King was born on January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. King, Sr. and Alberta preached in the Church Ebenezer Baptist, Jr. as the king himself later. He had an older sister, named Willie Christine, a young brother, named Albert Daniel.

King was exceptionally brilliant entry into the Morehouse College at only fifteen years old. There he learns of a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He earned a Bachelor of Divinity from Crozer Theological School, before beginning his doctorate in systematic theology at Boston University. There he obtained his doctorate in 1955. While in Boston, King also met and married Corretta Scott King, who has two children.

At the beginning of militancy

In 1954, King accepted his first position full-time pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. At this stage, at the age of 24, was a member of the Executive Committee of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In December 1955, King helped establish the Montgomery Improvement Association, and supported the first major non-violent protest movement civil rights, the bus boycott in Montgomery. The boycott has been called in response to the arrest of a woman named Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a bus a white man. The boycott lasted 382 days, only ended when the Supreme Court declared bus segregation unconstitutional forced.

CEP – Explosion Civil rights!

Soon after, in 1957, King was elected president of the new Conference Southern Christian Leadership (SCLC) that provide an ideological and organizational basis for the Civil Rights Movement in American culture. Opera in the moral ideas and techniques based on Christianity and SCLC nonviolent teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. For more than a decade, he has spoken to thousands of places where civil rights and social justice, and and written five books and several articles on the subject. Organized numerous demonstrations advocating the mix, labor rights, and dismantling Jim Crow laws injury.

King released their actions and the civil rights movement in the public eye, becoming the subject of contemporary media attention. In particular, demonstrations in Birmingham, where he organized, and in March in Washington, where he represented the SCLC and delivered his famous "I have a dream", both in 1963 has generated much controversy. The March on Washington organized by the organizations of the movement called Big Six civil rights, ended in a resounding success. Per annum Next, the King received the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the youngest recipient in history award.

Death and legacy

On April 4 1968, King was shot while standing on a balcony of his motel room in a Memphis, Tennessee. The next day was scheduled to lead a protest garbage in the city. When a man named James Earl Ray was accused to plead guilty to the offense, the exact circumstances of his death have remained a mystery.

Since his death, Martin Luther King, Jr. has been recognized as one of the greatest defenders of universal human rights, civil history, and one of the most notable modern speakers. It is perhaps the most visible civil rights movement, and posthumously received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Date of birth: January 15, 1929
Died: April 4, 1968

Known for: figure in the Civil Rights Movement and SCLC, one of the greatest orators of America.

Key Achievements: Doctorate in Systematic Theology from Boston University and 20 honorary degrees from several universities, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

Significant Quote: "I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose lips dripping with the words of the Governor of interposition and nullification, will become a situation where little black boys and black girls can join hands with little white boys and girls and walk together as brothers and sisters. "

Fun Quote: "Our scientific capabilities have exceeded our spiritual power, we have guided missiles and misguided men."

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