Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1929 - 1968

• Graduated from college in 1948

• Married Coretta Scott in 1953

• Began preaching at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in 1954

The Civil Rights Movement1955

• Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus

• Bus Boycott lasts more than a year

King visits India

Lifelong Admiration of

Gandhi

Passive Resistance

1960 Civil Rights Movement

Continues

• Sit-In Protest Movements Begin

• Freedom Rides Begin

1963Letter From Birmingham Jail

I HAVE A DREAM

• THE STEPS OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL

• 250,000 PEOPLE ATTEND

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1964 Nobel Peace Prize

Advancements in Civil Rights

• 1964• Civil Rights Act

signed into Law• 1965• Voting Rights Act

signed into Law

April 4, 1968

• Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee

WHAT CAN WE DO?

• RECOGNIZE AND EMBRACE DIVERSITY

Be Peacemakers