https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m Timeline of the life of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. en-us 2023-01-20 18:48:27 UTC 2023-01-20 21:14:38 UTC hello@padlet.com lauranarducci https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451487534 Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta,Georgia. He was the second of three children,born to a Baptist Preacher. He was born in a period of segregation in the US even after slavery was abolished. He attended a segregated school where he skipped two grades and graduate at the age of fifteen. ]]> 2023-01-20 19:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451487534 lauranarducci https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451492662 After he graduated,he went to Morehouse college where he got a degree in sociology. He decided he wanted to become a minister like his father so he enrolled in a Seminery to study religion.]]> 2023-01-20 19:39:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451492662 lauranarducci https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451496698 Martin Luther King Jr. graduated from the seminary at the top of his class. ]]> 2023-01-20 19:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451496698 lauranarducci https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451498681 King married Coretta Scott with whom he would have four children. He continued his education by studying for his doctorate at Boston Collage. ]]> 2023-01-20 19:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451498681 lauranarducci https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451510213 He became the pastor of a Baptist church in Montgomery,Alabama. In 1955,he received his Ph.D when he was only twenty-five years old. In December of 1955,Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man and she was arrested. Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders organized a boycott of the bus system.]]> 2023-01-20 19:59:07 UTC https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451510213 lauranarducci https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451545979 The Supreme Court ruled that segregated busses were unconstitutional. This was a major victory for the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King was recognized nationally and jailed over twenty times but he never stopped calling for equality.]]> 2023-01-20 20:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451545979 lauranarducci https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451549861 King worked tirelessly to promote civil rights. He travelled all over,giving thousands of speeches,writing five books and many articles. His hard work earned hima metting with the President John F. Kennedy]]> 2023-01-20 20:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451549861 lauranarducci https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451552320 He gave his famous "I have a dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln memorial to a listening crowd of two hundred and sixty thousand people. He was named Time magazine's man of the year.]]> 2023-01-20 20:55:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451552320 lauranarducci https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451554993 He recieved the Nobel Peace prize. Around the sime time,because of him,Congress passed a Civil Rights act which made segregation and discrimination based on nationality,sex,race,colour illegal.]]> 2023-01-20 20:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451554993 lauranarducci https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451559408 King gave his final speech. The next day,he was standing on his hotel balcony and he was shot and killed. He died at thirty six years old.]]> 2023-01-20 21:07:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lauranarducci/69aznmev48kjlb7m/wish/2451559408