Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Day

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Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Day

• A presentation on one of Americas
• Greatest Civil Rights Leaders

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Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?

• Born 15 January 1929 to Martin Luther King Sr., a
  Baptist minster, and Alberta Williams King.
• King has two other siblings a sister Christine
  and a brother Alfred.
• He excelled in school and skipped 9th and 12th
  grades.
• He started college at Morehouse University at the
  age of 15.

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Education

• He got his Bachelors Degree in Sociology from
  Morehouse University in Atlanta.
• He attended Crozer Theological Seminary in 1951
  and also studied at the University of
  Pennsylvania while he was attending there.
• In September 1951 he began his doctoral studies
  in Systematic Theology at Boston University.
• He also studied at Harvard.

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Some Honorary Doctorates

• Doctor of Laws, Jewish Theological Seminary
• Doctor of Laws, Yale University
• Doctor of Social Science, Amsterdam Free
  University (Netherlands)
• Doctor of Civil Law, University of New Castle,
  Upon Tyne (England)
• Doctor of Laws, Grinnell College (Iowa)
• He also received doctorates from 15 other
  colleges.

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Dr. Kings Later Life

• He married his wife Coretta Scott King in 1953.
• Together they had four children, two sons and two
  daughters.
• He served as a Baptist minster at several
  different churches in the South at one point he
  and his father where both pastors at the same
  church.
• He was elected president of the Montgomery
  Improvement Plan, an organization in charge of
  the bus boycotts in Alabama.

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Accomplishments

• He was Vice President of the National Sunday
  School and Baptist Teaching Union Congress of the
  National Baptist Convention.
• Dr. King was elected to membership in several
  learned societies including the prestigious
  American Academy of Arts and Sciences in
  Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• He was an actively participated in the struggle
  for civil rights in various places across the
  nation.
• He published six books in his lifetime.

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His Books
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Awards and Recognitions

• Selected as one of the outstanding personalities
  by Time Magazine in 1957.
• Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. This made him
  the youngest man, 2nd American, and 3rd black man
  to win this award.
• He was named the Man of the Year by Time Magazine
  in 1963.
• He received the John F. Kennedy award in 1964.
• He also received nine other awards and
  recognitions for his work.

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I Have a Dream
I Have a Dream Speech (12 min) http//www.youtub
e.com/watch?viEMXaTktUfANR1 March on
Washington Dream Speech (17 min) http//www.yout
ube.com/watch?vPbUtL_0vAJk MLK Tribute (Dream
Speech) (5 min) http//www.youtube.com/watch?vugJ
ELNsbOaU MLKs last speech http//www.youtube.co
m/watch?vo0FiCxZKuv8
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Death

• Dr. King was shot on 4 April 1968 while standing
  on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee.
• The man who shot him was James Earl Ray.
• He was arrested on 8 June 1968 in London,
  England, where he had fled.
• He was sentenced to 99 years in the state
  penitentiary.
• In 1999 the city (Memphis), state (Tennessee),
  and federal government were also accused of
  conspiracy in Dr. Kings assassination.

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Dr. King Memorial
Dr. King and Coretta King share a tomb at the
memorial in Atlanta, Georgia. His wife Coretta
passed away in 2006.
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Interesting Facts

• He actually met Mohandas Gandhi in 1959 on a trip
  to India.
• Dr. King borrowed his ideas of active nonviolence
  from Gandhi.
• His acts of nonviolence included sit-ins,
  protests, and marches.
• He was jailed upwards of 20 for his active
  nonviolence.
• He actually took the 54,123 he got from winning
  the Nobel Peace Prize and donated it to the civil
  rights movement.
• Dr. King also spoke out against the Vietnam War
  and on behalf of poor Americans.

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Interesting Facts Continued

• In 1994 Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a
  day of service.
• Dr. King was most active in the civil rights
  movement in Albany, Georgia Birmingham, Alabama
  Augustine, Florida and Chicago, Illinois.
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a holiday in
  1983 and was designated to be the third Monday in
  January.
• Not all states recognized Martin Luther King Jr.
  Day in 1983.
• January 2000 was actually the first time all 50
  states celebrated the holiday.

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His Values

• Achievement
• Altruism
• Compassion
• Confidence
• Courage
• Education
• Equality
• Family Involvement
• Forgiveness
• Freedom
• Kindness
• Leadership

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His Values

• Nonviolence
• Perseverance
• Personal Commitment
• Personal Responsibility
• Sacrifice
• Service to Others
• Social Justice
• Social Responsibility
• Social Transformation
• Tolerance
• Unconditional Love
• Wisdom

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Values Defined

• Altruism unselfish concern for others
• Social Justice the distribution of advantages
  and disadvantages within a society
• Social Responsibility the state or fact of
  being responsible for what is going on in the
  world
• Social Transformation working to change social
  injustices
• Tolerance the capacity for or the practice of
  recognizing and respecting the beliefs or
  practices of others
• Unconditional Love affection with no limits or
  conditions complete love

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Quiz

• What did Dr. King and his dad do for living?
• Where is the tomb of Dr. King located?
• Can you name three of Dr. Kings value?
• What year was Dr. King assassinated and how?
• What magazine named him Personality of the Year
  in 1963?
• What did Dr. King do with the money he got when
  he won the Nobel Peace Prize?

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For More Information

• www.mlkday.gov
• http//nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates
  /1964/king-bio.html
• www.mlkmemorial.org
• www.thekingcenter.org
• http//lucidcafe.com/library/96jan/king.html
• http//encarta.msn.com/media_461555954/Martin_Luth
  er_King_Jr.html