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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights leader in the 1960s who fought for racial equality and desegregation in the United States through nonviolent protests and civil disobedience. As a young man growing up in the segregated South, he witnessed and experienced racial discrimination firsthand, fueling his desire to create change. He became a Baptist minister and earned advanced degrees. As the leader of the Civil Rights Movement, he organized demonstrations including bus boycotts and gave influential speeches advocating for equal treatment of all citizens regardless of race, such as his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. His efforts played a key role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights leader in the 1960s who fought for racial equality and desegregation in the United States through nonviolent protests and civil disobedience. As a young man growing up in the segregated South, he witnessed and experienced racial discrimination firsthand, fueling his desire to create change. He became a Baptist minister and earned advanced degrees. As the leader of the Civil Rights Movement, he organized demonstrations including bus boycotts and gave influential speeches advocating for equal treatment of all citizens regardless of race, such as his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. His efforts played a key role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of

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    Barber1

    ZacharyBarber
    Mrs.Shebley
    ServiceLearning
    16September,2015

    Unit4Assessment

    Therehavebeenmanyinfluentialpeoplethroughoutthehistoryofhumankind.These
    peoplehavegreatlyimpactedtheworldintheirownways.Manyofthesepeopleareknownfor
    theirselflessservicetothecommunity.Oneofthemosticonicpeoplefortheirsocialinfluence
    tothecommunityisMartinLutherKingJr.HewasresponsibleforleadingtheAfricanAmerican
    communitytoequalityintheU.Sthroughnonviolentprotests.Withouthimtheworldwouldbe
    verydifferent.Therearemanywaysheachievedthiswithbusboycottsandallsortsof
    nonviolentactions.MartinLutherKingJr.isaveryinfluentialman,andthiswillgooverhow
    herosetofame.

    MartinLutherKingJr.wasbornonJanuary15,1929inAtlantaGeorgia.MLKattended
    BookerT.WashingtonHighSchool.OnedaywhilereturninghometoAtlantabybus,heandhis
    teacherwereorderedbythedrivertostandsowhitepassengerscouldsitdown.Kingrefused
    initially,butobeyedafterhisteacherinformedhimthathewouldbebreakingthelawifhedid
    notgoalongwiththeorder.Thisangeredhimgreatly.Heskippedboththeninthandthetwelfth
    gradesofhighschoolduetocomplicationswithWorldWar2.
    Helatergraduatedfrom

    Barber2

    MorehousewithaB.A
    .
    degreeinsociologyin1948.HelatergraduatedfromCrozerTheological
    Seminaryin1951.

    MartinLutherKingJr.isknownprimarilyforhisservicetotheAfricanAmerican
    communityduringthe1960s.Atthetime,AfricanAmericancitizensdidnothaveequalrights
    withtheWhiteAmericancommunity.AfricanAmericanswerenotallowedtosharemanypublic
    luxurieswithWhiteAmericans.MartinLutherKingJr.wantedthistochange.Hefoughtfor
    Blackequalitythroughnonviolentprotesting.Hemademanyattemptstosolvethisissue,many
    ofthemfailed.Heevenservedjailtimeforhisactions.Eventually,duringthe1963Marchon
    Washington,MLKdeliveredhisfamousIHaveaDreamspeech.Thisspeechleadtothe
    eventualchangeinAmericanlaw.AtlastAfricanAmericancitizenshadequalrights.

    TheimpactthatMartinLutherKingJr.hadontheworldwillneverbeforgotten.Thisis
    whyMartinLutherKingJr.Dayiscelebratedeveryyearonhisbirthday:January15th.Martin
    LutherKingJr.isagreatexampleofhowonepersoncanheavilyimpactthecourseofhistory.
    Heisanincrediblyinfluentialmanandhasdonetheworldagreatservicewithhisactions.He
    willbeforevermissedforhisselflesscontributionstomodernsociety.

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