Martin Luther King Jr презентация

Martin Luther King, Jr.
(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
was an,
American Baptist minister
Activist
Humanitarian.
The leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

King’s Family
The first son and second child born to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King.
Married Coretta Scott, the younger daughter of Obadiah and Bernice McMurry Scott of Marion, Alabama, on June 18, 1953.
Christine King Farris

Four children were born to Dr. and Mrs. King:
Yolanda Denise (November 17, 1955, Montgomery, Alabama)
Martin Luther III (October 23, 1957, Montgomery, Alabama)
Dexter Scott (January 30, 1961, Atlanta, Georgia)
Bernice Albertine (March 28, 1963, Atlanta, Georgia)

Martin Luther King’s Impact on the USA
He motivated the black people to have the same rights as the other American citizens.
Race Equality
Economic equality

The man who had confessed to the assassination of Martin Luther King, James Earl Ray.
The death conspiracy theory told, it could be FBI or US Army as an order of US government.
In 1977, he spoke to the public, as he was not the one who has murdered MLK.
Martin Luther King joined a black voting rights in Selma, Alabama, Montgomery on March in 1965

MLK Birthday As a National Holiday
African-American Congressman John Conyers, introduced a bill to honour King’s legacy by making his birthday a national holiday.
Lots of hospital in New York City agreed to pay holiday on his birthday
President Jimmy Carter endorsed to create the holiday
Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, Jesse Jackson, Gladys Knight sung “Happy Birthday” song frequently in every concerts.
President Ronald Reagan signed bill into law in November, 1983.

He had the rap sheets of the career criminal.
Went to jail for nearly 30 times
Cause in acts of civil:
Disobedience
Trumped-up charges
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X was making a good relationship as they had different philosophies about the Civil Right Movements.

White Americans love to quote King when it comes non violence. Especially when they critique black violence.
White People’s Perspective

“I Have a Dream”, 28th of August, 1963

In August 5, 1966, he was met by a line of police and a mob of angry white people.