Martin Luther King Jr.

1) Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and

social activist who led the civil rights movement in
the United States from the mid-1950s. He was
assassinated in 1968.
2) Martin Luther King, became the leader in the Civil
Rights Movement to end racial segregation and
discrimination in America during the 1950s and
1960s.
3) Martin Luther King became involved in his first
major civil rights campaign in Montgomery,
Alabama, where buses were racially segregated.
4) He was successful because of all of the people
involved. For example Rosa Parks and the bus
users/citizens of Montgomery, Alabama.
5) He was active from December 1955 until April
4th,1968
6) He campaigned by peacefully protesting in the
town Montgomery, Alabama with a ,lot of
supporters including some white men and
women.