Take A Look On Alabama Civil Rights History

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A Guide About Alabama Civil Rights
Montgomery AL is a city which is rich in Alabama
Civil Rights record as well as custom that should
not be neglected when you come to examine out
Alabama.
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Introduction
On 15 Jan 1929, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was
born in Atlanta, GA. A very interesting
historical note has Dr. King's father which
discover that the name of his son had mistakenly
been recorded as Michael on his birth certificate.
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Dr. King Morehouse College
Dr. King entered Morehouse College at fifteen and
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology.
In 1951, after receiving a Bachelor's of Divinity
from the Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester,
Pennsylvania, he went on to study at Boston
College. Dr. King received his Doctor of
Philosophy in June 1955.
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In Montgomery, Dr. King
In Montgomery, Dr. King took benefit of the
opportunity to work as the pastor of the Dexter
Avenue Baptist Church in 1953 which is one of the
top attractions in Alabama. At that time, he was
twenty-four. It would provide him a day with
success. When Rosa Parks was arrested for failing
to give her seat up for a white man in December
1955,
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Non-Violent Civil
Dr. King embraced the non-violent civil
disobedient philosophies which are employed by
Mahatma Gandhi. He organized marches with the
particular intent for empowering the
African-American right to vote, labor,
desegregation, and civil rights.
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Most Popular March
His most popular march was in 1963 when he went
to Washington, D.C. and gave his "I Have A
Dream," speech in front of the Lincoln memorial.
The President Lyndon B. Johnson later passed the
Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights
Act in 1965. The dream of Dr. King was now law.
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Significant Awards
In 1964, one of the most significant awards of
Dr. King was receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. At
that time, he was thirty-five years old and the
youngest recipient of Nobel. Dr. King was also
outspoken on his doubts regarding the Vietnam War.
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In March 1968
In March 1968 while in Memphis, Tennessee for
supporting the African-American sanitary workers
on strike, he was killed as he was standing on
the balcony of his hotel room. Posthumously,
rumors surrounded him that he had plagiarized the
thesis of his doctorate and that he was a
womanizer. But what he accomplished that does not
subtract - Alabama civil rights for all,
particularly for African-Americans. Dr. King left
behind a rich legacy of work and accomplishments
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Contact US

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