THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING ARE

he led the montgomery bus boycott

king was the first president of sclc

he led the birmingham campaign

he was instrumental in organizing the great march on washington

his speech intensified the civil rights movement

king was time magazine’s man of the year in 1963

he was behind african americans getting basic civil rights

he became the youngest recipient of the nobel peace prize

he achieved success using non-violent methods of protest

martin luther king became the symbolic leader of african americans

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let’s learn about dr. Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King was an American preacher
humanitarian and activist who is best known for his role in the African – American civil
rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
Dr. King who was inspired by his faith and the peaceful teachings of Mahatma Gandhi is
considered one of history’s greatest champions of non-violence he used the power of his
words as well as peaceful demonstrations such as protests sit-ins and boycotts in an effort
to achieve equality for all people.
Martin Luther King was born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, the United States, and his full
name was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. his father also named Michael changed both their
names to Martin Luther in honor of the world – renowned German reformer of the same
name Martin Jr. was a middle child he had an older sister named Willie Christine King and
a younger brother named Alfred Daniel Williams King Martin jr.
He went to Booker T. Washington High School. He started his college education at
Morehouse College at the young age of fifteen. his final semester at Morehouse College
Martin was ordained as a minister. He also took his first steps towards being an activist by
writing a letter to the editor of the Atlanta Constitution in the letter he declared that African
Americans were entitled to the basic rights and opportunities of American citizens.
After getting his degree in sociology from Morehouse, Martin got a divinity degree from
Crozer Seminary and then got his doctor's degree in theology from Boston University.
King received a doctorate degree in theology and in 1955 helped organize the first major
protest of the African American civil rights movement
In 1953 he married Coretta Scott. Later, they would have four children including Yolanda,
Martin,Dexter,and Bernice.
On December 1st 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white
person on a crowded bus in Montgomery Alabama, Martin met with other activists to plan
a citywide protest that would become known as the Montgomery bus boycott.
The boycott lasted over 380 days during this time Martin was arrested. Martin’s role in the
boycott transformed him into a national figure and the best known spokesman of the civil
rights movement.
in January 1957 Martin and roughly 60 other ministers and activists founded the Southern
Cristian Leadership Conference for the SCLC with Martin as president the SCLC.
Martin was one of the driving forces behind the March for Jobs and Freedom more
commonly known as the march on Washington on August 28 1963 over 250,000 people of
all ethnicities gathered at the National Mall in Washington DC to demand justice and
equality for all people.
Martin became the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize when he found out
that he had been selected he promised to donate the prize money over fifty four thousand
dollars to help continue the important work of the civil rights movement
In 1964 partly due to the march on Washington and Martin speech Congress passed the
landmark Civil Rights Act this legislation made it illegal to discriminate against people
because of their race also Congress went on to pass the voting rights Act that eliminated
the remaining barriers to voting for African Americans
Martin and the SCLC also organized the Poor People’s Campaign in 1968 in an effort to
assemble a multiracial coalition of poor Americans who would advocate for economic.
King’s work ended prematurely in 1968 as James Earl Ray assassinated him.
dr. Martin Luther King jr. changed the course of American history he worked tirelessly to
ensure that all people regardless of race religion or national origin had equal opportunities
and could live their lives without fear of violence and discrimination martin is regarded as
America’s greatest human rights advocate in 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed a bill
creating a federal holiday honoring Martin the holiday observed on the third Monday of
January each year is called Martin Luther King Jr