MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

In Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929, He was one of the youngest people to win Martin Luther King Jr. was born. He was the Nobel Peace Prize. He won the award born to a long line of Baptist Ministers. in 1964 for his nonviolent campaign against racism. "I have a Dream"

His "I Have a Dream" speech was one of the most famous speeches in history. He spoke about the struggles of African Americans He was one of the first major fighting racism and segregation in their leaders/protesters in the African everyday lives, and his dreams for the future American Civil Rights Movement. of society. 250,000 people came to the On Thursday, April 4th, 1968, at 6:05 pm, speech and the March on Washington. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The Some of his accomplishments were location was at the Lorraine Motel in On Good Friday of 1963, King and 50 other things such as the Montgomery Bus Memphis, Tennessee. He was shot from protesters were arrested. While he was in Jail, he Boycott, I have a Dream Speech, March outside the motel on the second floor was denied contact with the outside world until on Washington, and helped fight towards balcony. The shooter was James Earl Ray, he later. Also, he wrote his letter titled the Letter was an escaped fugitive. His death the Civil Rights Act of 1964. from Birmingham Jail. He had no resources to prompted a lot of violence which resulted in write this. It would soon become one of the most 40 more deaths. known letters today.

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