The Life and Impact of Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King, a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement, was born in Atlanta in 1929. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott, fought against segregation, and delivered the iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. Despite facing violence and discrimination, King advocated for peace, love, and equality. His assassination in 1968 left a lasting legacy, inspiring others to continue his work towards racial justice and harmony in America.
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WALT: consider the life of Martin Luther King
Who is Martin Luther King? Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, a state in the south of America. He was born on 15 January, 1929. King lived in America in a time when segregation and discrimination was not against the law in the USA. King was a Baptist minister and worked in a church teaching the word of God and turning a cheek to the discrimination that he experienced. One woman who had enough of the discrimination was Rosa Parks. On a bus one day she refused to give up her seat to a white person, and this prompted King to arrange the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The Bus Boycott King led the boycott that started in 1955. As a reaction many white people acted out against the protestors. Black cab drivers who offered low fares for black people were fined. King and Ralph Abernathy s (another leader) houses were firebombed, and during a peaceful protest close to a bus stop King was sent to prison and fined $500 for hindering a bus . The boycott proved successful after the reaction from police and officials drew attention to the affair. Over 40,000 black people took part in the boycott. In December 1956 the boycott ended when The Supreme Court made segregation on buses illegal, and the Civil Rights Movement gained a leader in Martin Luther King.
I HAVE A DREAM Martin Luther King's most famous http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:EBE3CP7718UNJM:http://www.silk.net/RelEd/graphics/MLKC.JPG speech told of his dream that one day all races would live peacefully together and treat each other with respect. "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the sort of person they are. I have a dream that one day all God's children, black, white, Jews and Gentiles. Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the black people's old song, Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
MARTIN LUTHER KING Throughout his life Martin Luther King was confronted by violence. His home was bombed, he was stabbed, his family received death threats. None of this made him respond with violence. His Christian beliefs told him that violence and hatred could only be conquered by love and forgiveness. http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:Q_daCtE8XwOUwM:http://www.tomgpalmer.com/images/Martin%2520Luther%2520King.bmp In 1964 Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In April 1968, at the age of only 39, he was shot dead leaving his hotel room. Despite his death his legacy lives on. Others carried on his work and still today all Americans remember his life on Martin Luther King Day.
What If... What do you think would have happened if... Martin Luther King had not been shot? Rosa Parks had given up her seat? Martin Luther King had not been a Christian?
