Life Of Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King is born in January 15, 1925

and he is a African American. He is an activist
who became the most visible spokesperson
and the leader of the civil rights movement
from 1955.

At that time, the black are being treated

terribly by the white. They cannot sit together
in the bus, the water fountains needed to be
separated and the police often bully or treat
the black unequally.

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks went to bus

and found out the column where the black
can only seat is full and she sat on where th
white people seat. But then when people
request her to leave, she refused and got
arrested. Rosa soon became the symbol of
the resulting Montgomery bus boycott and
received national publicity. She was later
hailed as the "mother of the civil rights
movement". When King saw the black people
being treated unequally, he stood up and
joined the protest. Local leaders established
the Montgomery Improvement Association to
focus their efforts and Martin Luther King was
elected President of this organization. The
lengthy protest attracted national attention
for him and the city. His eloquent appeals to
Christian brotherhood and American idealism
created a positive impression on people both
inside and outside the South.

The protests kept coming and there were

freedom rides, sit-ins and more non-violence
protests to try to get the freedom.

On 28 August, 1963, in Washington DC,

Martin Luther King had his famous I Have A
Dream speech which contained the following
dreams:
 meaningful civil rights laws
 a massive federal works program
 full and fair employment
 decent housing
 the right to vote
 adequate integrated education.

The march was a success, although not

without controversy. An estimated 200,000 to
300,000 demonstrators gathered in front of
the Lincoln Memorial.

The government finally gave freedom to black

people in America and King’s goal has
achieved.

Sadly, King is assassinated in April 4, 1968 by

Jams Earl Ray. Although Martin Luther King is
not here anymore, but he inspired thousands
of people in the world, helped more people to
gain freedom and rights.