Martin Luther king Jr.

WHO WAS?

Minister and pastor activist

Known for United States Civil Rights Movement and Movement for Peace
and Ending Violence

Born in Atlanta, Georgia on 15 January th 1929

Little Michael King Jr. became the second of what would be three children
in the King Family.

Older sister Willie Christine and younger brother Alfred rounded out their
loving family with their father, Michael King Sr a strict disciplinarian and
Minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church, and mother, Alberta Williams King, a
well educated teacher and organist for her father the leader and pastor
at...Ebenezer Baptist Church.

WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT?

He fought for African American civil rights because african americans suffer
injustices but peacefully through protests.

An example is:

Black Americans could not attend the same schools as White Americans

and the schools for Africa-Americans were not as nice as other schools.

African-Americans could not eat at the same restaurants or shop at the

same stores.

They did not have the same access to proper healthcare, or housing,

nor would they receive equal pay for jobs and work they performed.

Black people were required to sit at the rear of the bus and to

and to give up their seat if a white person wanted to sit there.

Drinking fountains in public places were labeled Whites Only.

He said:

I have a dream

that my four little children

will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged

by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.