Martin Luther King Jr.
1929-1968
Born January 15th 1929
In Atlanta, Georgia
Born Michael but changed to Martin
Died in April 4th 1968
In Memphis, Tennessee
At 39 years old
Nobel Peace Prize 1964
He gave the money he won (54,123$) to the furtherance of the civil right movement.
Posthumous prizes
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1977
Congressional Gold Medal 2004
In eleven years (from 1957 to 1968):
He wrote 5 books
He traveled over 6 million miles
He talked over 25,000 times
He organized non-violent protests in 1962, Birmingham, Alabama
There was brutal police response
The media talk a lot about this event
He organized the March in Washington in 1963
In 1965, he organized the Selma to Montgomery marches
In the final years of his life, he focused on the poverty and the Vietnam War
He shouted his "Beyond Vietnam" speech in 1967
He planned a national occupation of Washington DC
He didn't had time to realize the occupation because of his assassination