Dr. Martin Luther King by Shannon<3 https://padlet.com/11012611/nk5ucc268e89 Biography en-us 2018-01-16 18:25:50 UTC 2025-04-24 12:12:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png Childhood<3 11012611 https://padlet.com/11012611/nk5ucc268e89/wish/221829400 Martin Luther King Jr. was born Michael King Jr. on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia . King was the son of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams.  
As a child, King was very involved in church activities. His father was also a leader of the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ), which exposed King to activist communities from an early age  ]]> 2018-01-16 18:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/11012611/nk5ucc268e89/wish/221829400 Early Career<3 11012611 https://padlet.com/11012611/nk5ucc268e89/wish/221829595   
Alabama changed its bus laws in 1956 to outlaw segregation .  
In December 1955, he was chosen to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association in its protest against the arrest of resident Rosa Parks, an African American woman who refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger.  
King’s victory in Alabama inspired him to persist in his acts of civil disobedience in other regions of the South. In 1957, he founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He then published his first book, Stride Toward Freedom : The Montgomery Story  
King also emphasized the importance of African American voting rights . King and his family moved back to Atlanta in 1960.  
By the early 1960s, a new protest movement led by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) had spread across the South. Black students began sitting in at segregated eating establishments in protest of the policy. King participated in these events and was arrested at one of the sit-ins in October 1960.  ]]> 2018-01-16 18:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/11012611/nk5ucc268e89/wish/221829595 Claim to Fame<3 11012611 https://padlet.com/11012611/nk5ucc268e89/wish/221829814 2018-01-16 18:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/11012611/nk5ucc268e89/wish/221829814 Later Years<3 11012611 https://padlet.com/11012611/nk5ucc268e89/wish/221830336 2018-01-16 18:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/11012611/nk5ucc268e89/wish/221830336