"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of

comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and

controversy."

PERSONAL LIFE

● Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 to a

schoolteacher and a Baptist minister.
● King was raised in an activist family.
● He grew up in the church and decided to follow the family
tradition and became a minister.
● King entered Morehouse College at the age of 15 and graduated
in 1948 with a degree in Sociology.
● He later attended Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania
and graduated with a Divinity Degree in 1951.
● King married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953.

CONTRIBUTION IN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.

● During 1950's Dr. King became active in the movement for
civil rights.
● In 1955, King and other civil rights activists were arrested
after leading a boycott of Montgomery, Albama,
transportation company.
● On December 5,1955 he was elected as president of the
Montgomery Improvement Association.
● In 1958 his first book was published. It is called Stride
toward Freedom.
● In 1959,he went on a speaking tour. He is nearly killed
when a woman in Harlem stabs him.
● He was sentenced to jail for four months.
 ● On April 13, the Birmingham campaign begins. This would
prove to be the turning point to end segregation in the south.
● The march on Washington is the largest civil rights
demonstration. There were almost 250,000 people in
attendance. Makes his famous I Have a Dream speech.
● King attends the signing ceremony of Civil rights act of 1964
at white house.
● On January 3, King appears on the cover of Time magazine
as Man of the Year.
● King is awarded the nobel prize for Peace.
● On November 27 1967, King announces the creation of the
Poor People's Campaign. It focuses on jobs and freedom for
the poor of all races.

ASSASINATION
● At sunset on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was
shot and killed. He was standing on the balcony of the
Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
● There were riots and disturbances in 130 American cities.
There were twenty thousand arrests.
● Dr. King's funeral on April 9 was a global event.
● Within a week of the assassination, the Open Housing Act
was passed by Congress.
 SPEAKING PART
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and
controversy."
Martin Luther King, Jr., was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his
name changed to Martin. He was born on January 15, 1929 to a
schoolteacher and a Baptist minister.King was raised in an activist
family.Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia,
graduating from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B. A.
degree in 1948 from Morehouse College, a distinguished Negro institution
of Atlanta.He later attended Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania
and graduated with a Divinity Degree in 1951.King married Coretta Scott on
June 18, 1953.

Civil rights
Martin experienced racism early in life. He decided to do to
something to make the world a better and fairer place.December 1,
1955, Rosa Parks took a stand for her race by refusing to give her seat to a
white passenger. This was the catalyst for beginning.the Civil Rights
Movement.Following this event, King was selected as president of the
Montgomery Improvement Association.In 1958, the U.S. Congress
passed the first Civil Rights Act. This is the first act passed since
the 1870’s.In 1958, King's first book is published. It is called
Stride Toward Freedom.Martin Luther King, Jr. went on a
speaking tour. He is nearly killed when a woman in Harlem stabs
him.In 1959, Dr. King visited India to study Gandhi's philosophy of
nonviolence.In Atlanta, King is arrested during a sit-in. He was
waiting to be served at a restaurant.He is sentenced to four
months in jail. On Good Friday Dr. King is arrested with Ralph
Abernathy for demonstrating without a permit.On April 13, the
Birmingham campaign begins. This would prove to be the turning
point to end segregation in the South.During the eleven days he
spent in jail, MLK writes his famous Letter from Birmingham Jail.
The March on Washington held August 28, is the largest civil
rights demonstration in history. There were almost 250,000
people in attendance. At the August 1963, on Washington, King
makes his famous I Have a Dream speech.On January 3, King
appears on the cover of Time magazine as Man of the Year.
nKing attends the signing ceremony of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
at the White House .King is awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace on
December 10. Dr. King is the youngest person to receive that
award at age 35.After President Johnson signs the Voting Rights
Act into law, Martin Luther King, Jr. turns to the problems of poor
blacks. On November 27, King announces the creation of the
Poor People's Campaign. It focuses on jobs and freedom for the
poor of all races.King declares that the Poor People's Campaign
will end in a march on Washington. They will demand a $12
billion Economic Bill of Rights. This would promise employment
to those who can work, money for those who can’t, and an end to
housing discrimination.On March 28, King lead a march that turns
violent. This was the first time this happened.Dr. King gives his
I've Been to the Mountaintop speech.

Assasination
At sunset on April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot
and killed. He was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel
in Memphis, Tennessee.There were riots and disturbances in 130
American cities. There were twenty thousand arrests.Dr. King's
funeral on April 9 was a global event.Within a week of the
assassination, the Open Housing Act was passed by Congress.