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Dr. Martin Luther King

Jr.

Jan 15, 1929 April 4, 1968

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Timeline

1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

Photo Gallery

Dexter Avenue Baptist Church

in Montgomery, Alabama

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Martin is Born

Martin Luther King, Jr. is born to Rev. and Mrs.Martin Luther King, Sr. (former Alberta Christine

Williams) in Atlanta, Georgia.

January 15, 1929

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Segregation Laws

Largely because of Plessy v. Ferguson, racial segregationreigned supreme in the South from the 1890's until the 1950's.

Confederate Flag

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Martins Childhood

1935 1944Dr. King attends David T. Howard Elementary School,

Atlanta University Laboratory School, and Booker T. WashingtonHigh School. He passes the entrance examination to MorehouseCollege in Atlanta, Georgia without graduating from high school.

As a young boy, Martin had to see theinequality, injustice and racial tensionthat was in America. He did not like

this.

Martin and his bigsister Christine.

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Pastor King

1947

Dr. King is licensed to preach.

1948February 25Dr. King is ordained to the Baptist ministry and appointedassociate pastor at Ebenezer.June 8Dr. King graduates from Morehouse College with a BA degree in Sociology.SeptemberDr. King enters Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania.After hearing Dr. A. J. Muste and Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson preach onthe life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, he begins to study Gandhiseriously.

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Influenced by GandhiNonviolent Disobedience

Dr. King with wife Coretta

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Rosa Parks - 1955

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat

on the bus to a white - she was arrested.

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Dr. King is Arrested

For travelling 30 mphin a 25 mph zone.

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The government lies aboutMartin Luther King Jr. toattempt to stop him fromfighting back against racialdiscrimination.

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Dr. King Marches for Civil Rights

Bobby Kennedy

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Martin Luther King Jr. vs. Malcolm X

I Have A Dream TodayEvery man must decide whether he will walk inthe light of creative altruism or the darkness ofdestructive selfishness. This is the judgment.Life's most persistent and urgent question is:What are you doing for others?-- Martin L. King

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"Violence as a way of achieving racialjustice is both impractical andimmoral. It is impractical because it isa descending spiral ending indestruction for all. The old law of an

eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.It is immoral because it seeks tohumiliate the opponent rather thanwin his understanding; it seeks toannihilate rather than to convert.Violence is immoral because it thriveson hatred rather than love. It destroys

community and makes brotherhoodimpossible. It leaves society inmonologue rather than dialogue.Violence ends by defeating itself. Itcreates bitterness in the survivors andbrutality in the destroyers."

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I think there are plenty of goodpeople in America, but thereare also plenty of bad people inAmerica and the bad ones arethe ones who seem to have allthe power and be in thesepositions to block things thatyou and I need. Because this isthe situation, you and I have topreserve the right to do what isnecessary to bring an end tothat situation, and it doesn't

mean that I advocate violence,but at the same time I am notagainst using violence in self-defense. I don't even call itviolence when it's self-defense,I call it intelligence."

Malcolm X

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Racial Demonstration1960s Olympics

Black PanthersNation of Islam

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I Have a Dream

Speech- 1963

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Lorraine HotelMemphis, Tennesee

April 4, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.

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MLK Day is Signed Into Law

President Ronald Reagan signs a law making MLK day.

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Awards 1950s

1957 - Time - One of the Most OutstandingPersonalities1957 - Who's Who in America - Listed

1957 - NAACP - Spingarn Medal1957 - National Newspaper Publishers - TheRusswurm Award1958 - Guardian Association of the

Police Department of New York - The SecondAnnual Achievement Award1959 - Link Magazine of New Delhi - one ofsixteen world leaders who had contributed mostto the advancement of freedom during that year

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Awards 1960s

1963 - Time - Man of the Year1963 - Laundry, Dry Cleaning, and Die WorkersInternational Union - American of the Decade

1964 - United Federation of Teachers - JohnDewey Award1964 - Catholic Interracial Council of Chicago -John F. Kennedy Award1964 - Nobel Foundation - Nobel Peace Prize1968 - Jamaican Government - Marcus GarveyPrize for Human Rights1968 - Southern Christian Leadership Conference -Rosa L. Parks Award

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How will YOU improve the

world?

Dr. King helped make America a fairer place.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Web Sites

"I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King Day on the NetThis Martin Luther King Day site has sound, pictures and informationon Dr. King and the holiday that celebrates his birth.

The Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project

Stanford University maintains a large and authoritative collection of

works by and about Dr. KingThe Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change

"The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change isdedicated to carrying forward the legacy and work of Dr. MartinLuther King, Jr. through research, education and training in the

principles, philosophy and methods of nonviolence."Salute to Martin Luther King

AfroAmeric@'a tribute page includes photographs and articlesabout Dr. King.

Martin Luther King

The Seattle Times has developed this site about Martin LutherKing and the holiday

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