Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1929-1968

By Lorena Sarah Broccanello

My presentation:

1. Who was Martin (biography)2. What he did (early years)3. What he did (later years)4. His most famous speech: I have a dream5. legacy

Civil right act 1964

Youngest person to

receive nobel peace

prize 1964

Voting right act 1965

Also know for his

phylosophy and non-

violent methods

HIS HISTORY

Michael Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15th

• Education in a segregated public school in Georgia

• After he entered in Morehouse college at the age of 15

• 1948: graduated with bachelor of arts in sociology

• 1951 graduated with bachelor of divinity at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pensylvania

• 1955 completed his studies in Sistematic Theology at Boston University

King married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953.

King began his ministry in 1954 as the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

Here he started fighting civil right for members of his race

His most famous speech “I have a dream”. King spokes to 250,000 civil rights supporters on 28 August, 1963.

He called for racial equality and the end of discrimination.

It was a defining moment of American Civil Right Movement.

On April 4, 1968, while standing on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, King was assassinated by James Earl Ray.

In his honor the President Ronal Regan decided for a National Holiday started on January 20, 1986.

HIS MAIN LEGACY:

• After his death the congress passed Civil Right Act• Influenced Civil Right Movement in South Africa• His quality as orator convince black people to

overcome oppressive system• Inspired million people in the world

Thank you!