Dr' Martin Luther King Jr'

1
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
2
About Martin

• Michael Luther King Jr. was born to Alberta, and
  Pastor Martin Luther King sr. January 15, 1929 in
  the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Michael was re
  named Martin at the age of 6. He was the the
  youngest of 3 siblings.
• As an adult, he married and had 4 children, two
  sons and 2 daughters.

3
His Education

• Martin Luther King Jr. was a bright young man, he
  graduated from high school at the age of 15. Then
  in 1948 he received his B. A. degree from
  Morehouse College, a distinguished Negro
  institution of Atlanta. In 1951, after three
  years of theological study at Crozer Theological
  Seminary in Pennsylvania, he was awarded the B.D.
  Then with a fellowship won at Crozer, he enrolled
  in graduate studies at Boston University,
  completing his residence for the doctorate in
  1953.

4
Police brutality

• Now known as a national hero and a civil-rights
  figure of growing importance, in 1957, Dr. King
  gathered black leaders and began developing an
  organization now known as the Southern Christian
  Leadership Conference (SCLC). King was elected
  its president, and soon began helping other
  communities organize their own discrimination
  protests.
• During a 1963 nonviolent mass protest for fair
  hiring practices and the desegregation of
  department-store facilities in Birmingham extreme
  police brutality was used against the marchers.
  This display had an enormous impact. King was
  arrested, but his voice was not silenced.

5
Making a difference

• Later that year King was a principal speaker
  at the historic March on Washington, where he
  spoke one of the most passionate speeches of his
  career. Time magazine voted him as its Person of
  the Year for 1963. A few months later he traveled
  to Norway to receive the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.
  When he returned he went right to work. In Selma,
  Ala., he led a voter-registration campaign that
  ended in the Selma-to-Montgomery Freedom March.
  King next brought his crusade to Chicago, where
  he created programs to rebuild the slums and
  provide housing.

6
March For Freedom

• When James H. Meredith was shot and wounded near
  Memphis, Tennessee, while marching for voting
  rights. King and other civil rights leaders took
  Meredith's place and led the marchers from
  Memphis to Jackson, Mississippi. The march ended
  with 15,000 people rallying in front of the
  capitol at Jackson.
• Then on August 5, Dr.King led a march through
  Chicago's southwest side to demonstrate the need
  for equal access to good housing for African
  Americans. White onlookers threw stones at Dr.
  King and the marchers, but finally, on December
  20, Dr. King announced that the Federal Housing
  Administration was funding a program to restore
  housing in Chicago's slums.

7
I Have A Dream..

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made many important
  speeches and documents in his lifetime including
  I See The Promised Land, Letter from a
  Birmingham Jail, and Ive Been To The Mountain
  Top. But one that stands out and above all,
  was his famous
• I Have A Dream speech. When he gave this
  speech August 28, 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial,
  people nationwide heard his words and were
  affected. The powerful speech embraced the ears
  that received it, and opened the eyes of many
  it was a huge stepping stone for his fight for
  civil rights.

8
His Final Speech

• I just want to do God's will. And He's
  allowed me to go to the mountain. And I've looked
  over, and 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.
• These were the words Dr. King spoke on April
  3,1968. The very next day,
• Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death on
  the balcony of his motel.
• His murder set off riots across the United
  States. Dozens of people were killed. President
  Johnson declared a national day of mourning on
  April 9the day Martin Luther King, Jr., was
  buried.
• Now, 36 years later in his death his dream lives
  on. Racial boundaries have been torn down, and
  discrimination destroyed. Martin Luther King Jr.
  lived his entire life chasing a dream, trying to
  bring it to reality. And he had a dream, and
  though his life was brought to an end early, he
  has been to the mountain top, looked over, and
  now hes in the promised land. Watching his dream
  come true.

9
Resources

• http//www.life.com/Life/
• mlk/mlkpics.html
• http//www.stanford.edu/group/King/http//www.mlks
  tanford.edu