Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929, in Atlanta Georgia.
King, both a Baptist minister and civil-rights leader, had a huge impact on the Racial relations in the United States, starting in the mid 1950’s. With many efforts, King led the SCLC. Threw his activism, he played a major part in ending segregation of African-American citizens in the United States. Not only did her help end segregation he also created the civil rights act of 1964 and the voting rights act of 1965. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, along with receiving many other honors. King was assassinated in April of 1968, and is remembered as one of the most lauded African-American leaders in history. During the early years Martin …show more content…
earned a sociology degree from Morehouse College and attended the liberal Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania. He became valedictorian of his class in 1951, and also became student body president. He was also awarded with a fellowship for graduate study. But King rebelled against his father’s wish and was influenced by drinking beer and playing pool while attending College. He got involved with a white woman but went through difficult times before he broke off the affair. During the work on this doctorate, Martin Luther King Jr. met Corretta Scott, an aspiring singer and musician, at New England Conservatory School in Boston. They were married in June of 1953 and had four children, Yolanda, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott and Bernice. In 1954, while still working on his dissertation he also became a pastor at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He finished his Ph.D. and was awarded his degree in 1955. King was only 25 years old when he completed these …show more content…
They would conduct non-violent pretest to promote civil rights reform. King’s participation in the organization gave him a base of operation throughout the south, as well as the nation’s platform. The organization felt it would be best to start by giving them a voting process and to give African Americans a voice to help enfranchise them. In February 1958, the SCLS sponsored more than 20 mass meetings in key southern cities to register black voters in the south. King met with many religious and civil rights leaders and lectured all over the country about race related issues. In 1959, inspired by Gandhi’s success with non-violent activism, Martin Luther King visited Gandhi’s birthplace in India. The trip affected him in a deeply profound way, increasing his commitment to America’s civil rights struggle. African American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who had studied Gandhi’s teachings, became one of King’s associates and told him to dedicate himself to the principles of non-violence. In February 1960, a group of African American students started a movement called a “sit-in” in Greensboro, North Carolina. In April of 1960, the SCLS held a conference at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina with the local student sit-in leaders. Martin