https://padlet.com/jdarnette/Bookmarks by Martin Luther King jr. en-us 2021-09-12 17:38:48 UTC 2025-11-02 02:50:17 UTC hello@padlet.com jdarnette https://padlet.com/jdarnette/Bookmarks/wish/1734008780 1. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15th, 1929.
2. Both his Father and Grandfather were pastors.
3. He received his doctorate in 1953 from Boston University
4. In 1955, He lead a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama.
5. He became president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957.
6. On April 12th, 1963, He was arrested in Birmingham Alabama and wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail".
7. On August 28th, 1963, He gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington D.C.
8. In 1964 he received a Nobel Peace prize.
9. He was assassinated on April 4th, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee.
10. The Holiday Martin Luther King Jr Day was established in 1971 and is celebrated on January 17th.

]]> 2021-09-12 17:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jdarnette/Bookmarks/wish/1734008780 jdarnette https://padlet.com/jdarnette/Bookmarks/wish/1734013610 1. The Marches in Birmingham were to protest racist signs in businesses and segregation
2. During the marches in Birmingham, protestors were attacked by police
3. Later the same year as the marches in Birmingham, Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I have a dream" speech in Washington D.C.
4. A year later the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, and 4 years after that the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was passed.
5. Martin Luther King help many protests, marches, and boycotts during his time spent in the south.]]> 2021-09-12 17:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jdarnette/Bookmarks/wish/1734013610 jdarnette https://padlet.com/jdarnette/Bookmarks/wish/1734013719 Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was written in 1963 while Martin Luther King Jr. was in jail for parading without a permit. In his letter, King writes about the struggle of African Americans in the south, and what the civil rights movement is doing in the region such as Sit Ins and Marches. King also goes on to talk about how he wanted to talk to mayors and governors in southern states, but they refused to speak to him and negotiate, which led to non violent actions. Even well after the civil rights movement, this letter shows how things were back then and shows us what the past was like.]]> 2021-09-12 17:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jdarnette/Bookmarks/wish/1734013719 jdarnette https://padlet.com/jdarnette/Bookmarks/wish/1734020318 So when I started reading, I didn't realize how long of a letter it was. I had only read smaller portions of the letter in high school for AP Government and American History. The letter itself goes into great detail about the struggle of African Americans in the south. Its a great perspective on segregation and civil rights movement in the southern US. One of the most interesting parts of the Letter was when Martin Luther King Jr. was talking about the church. He goes into how the church was supposed support the civil rights movement because Christians had gone though similar struggles during roman times. I thought that was a neat perspective on what the church should have done during that time, and I had never really thought about it in the first place. ]]> 2021-09-12 17:54:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jdarnette/Bookmarks/wish/1734020318