Martin Luther King
Quote: "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." - Martin Luther King
He first becomes prominent in 1955 organizing a boycott of the transit system over the jailing of Rosa Parks (The company went bankrupt)
He becomes the unofficial leader of the black protest movement
Martin Luther King advocated peaceful demonstrations.
Blacks saw their cause gaining sympathy when they were shown to be beaten by police on T.V.
Made famous, “I have a dream”speech in Washington in 1963. This was the March on Washington which was a massive rally held for civil and economic rights for African Americans in the United States.
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1967
Assassinated in 1968
Summary: Martin Luther King was highly influential in the civil rights movement in the United States throughout the 1960s. He was a great yet peaceful leader for the movement.
Website Links: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
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He first becomes prominent in 1955 organizing a boycott of the transit system over the jailing of Rosa Parks (The company went bankrupt)
He becomes the unofficial leader of the black protest movement
Martin Luther King advocated peaceful demonstrations.
Blacks saw their cause gaining sympathy when they were shown to be beaten by police on T.V.
Made famous, “I have a dream”speech in Washington in 1963. This was the March on Washington which was a massive rally held for civil and economic rights for African Americans in the United States.
Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1967
Assassinated in 1968
Summary: Martin Luther King was highly influential in the civil rights movement in the United States throughout the 1960s. He was a great yet peaceful leader for the movement.
Website Links: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
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Question: Could a peaceful push for civil rights have occured without Martin Luther King?