Martin Luther King Jr.

1929-1968

King studied for three years at a seminary (school for ministers)

Leadership of the civil rights movement

He transformed local protest to national protest

He showed the civil rights movement was about general equality

He made civil rights well known and liked

He emphasized nonviolent protest

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character

I have a dream that…one day right there in Alabama, little Black boys and Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers

Born in Atlanta, Georgia

He experienced racism in his early life

Southern Christian Leadership conference

He helped to establish it

It was formed to help local organizations carry out civil rights activities in the South

King inspired Black people throughout the South to hold peaceful sit-ins and other protests against segregation

King was a very good orator

King got arrested many times for protesting

In his "I Have a Dream" speech King referenced Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address