Martin Luther King

Studies

He was so clever, so he skipped two grades in high school and started his college

education at Morehouse College when he was 15.

He got his degree in sociology from Morehouse, and later he also got his doctor's degree in theology from

Boston University

His family

Martin's dad was minister, and inspired Martin's carreer. He had a younger

brother and an older sister. In 1953 he married Coretta Scott. Later

they had four children.

Segregation – The main problem

People were very racist, so MLK was protesting against that.

White people treat black people like if they were from a lower

class.

Segregation in transport

One day, Rosa Parks, a black woman, was sitting in a bus, and he refused to leave the

seat to the white man, and he went to jail. The bus boycott

started, with MLK's help.

Bus boycott

It was a political and social protest that began in 1955 in

Montgomery, Alabama, intended to oppose the policy

of racial segregation in the public transport system. It

was just a step to avoid the racism.

MLK Speeches

Apart from demonstrations, MLK did some speeches,but the most important one was in Washington on August 28, 1963, when he uttered the phrase that

everyone now recognizes "I Have A Dream", and also made the

pronouncements in another speech the day before he died.

I HAVE A DREAM

I Have a Dream was and is one of the most popular sentences

pronunciated in this world and this sentence was pronunciated in the speech of Martin Luther King that

shocked thousands of people.

The topic of this speech was, that all the humans have the same rights, without

depending on their skin colour.

MLK and Gandhi

Gandhi was a great influece on Martin Luther King Jr. as this philosophy had as

"the principle of non-violence" or resistance by force.

Martin Luther King Jr. became interested in the philosophical principle of Gandhi when he performed his graduate studies at Boston

University.

The nobel prize

After all the movements against racial discrimination through non-

violent means, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

Four years later, at a time when his work was based mainly on opposition to the war and the

fight against poverty.

How did he died?

At 6:00 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was standing on the balcony of his

hotel room in Memphis. One minute later he was shot.

When did he died?

Martin Luther King, Jr. was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. He was 39 years old. June 10 of that year, James Earl Ray was arrested and

charged with the crime. 

MLK day

Martin Luther King Jr.'s day is celebrated in honour to this national hero and the labour he did fighting for Civil

rights and equality.

What do we have to do

- End wars.- Achieving equal rights- That there was hunger

in the world.-That there were no poor

country

MADE BYMADE BY

Miguel Ángel FernándezMiguel Ángel Fernández

Antonio MartínAntonio Martín