MARTIN LUTHER KING by https://padlet.com/meelblum/3shtp4jnt0cc Defender of civil rights en-us 2018-05-15 14:14:23 UTC 2024-12-18 14:08:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png Martin Luther King meelblum https://padlet.com/meelblum/3shtp4jnt0cc/wish/260871080 Childhood
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in  Atlanta  on January 15, 1929. He was the average of three brothers born of the marriage of Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King . Luther King was originally baptized as Michael King Jr.  (his father's birth name), but after a family trip to Germany , Michael King Sr. decided to change his own name and that of his son by Martin Luther King , in honor of Augustinian theologian Martin Luther

Fight against racial segregation
In the year 1955, following the arrest of a black woman after refusing to give her bus seat to a white man , King decided to start a non-violent protest against the racial segregation suffered by his city. Taking advantage of the resonance he had as a pastor, he suggested to the black population of Montgomery not to use public transport until such racist manifestations were completely eradicated. One year after the start of the bus boycott ,  racial segregation was declared illegal in public transport in the city .
On October 14, 1964 , with only 35 years, he received the Nobel Peace Prize  (he is currently the youngest person to receive this distinction).

Murder
After receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Luther King continued his struggle for equality of the black race until an April 4, 1968 was killed in a motel in Memphis by James Earl Ray.


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