Martin Luther King I Have A Dream

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” said Martin Luther King Jr. from steps of Lincoln Memorial. On August 28, 1963 one of the most crucial speeches of American Civil Rights Movement, maybe the best speech ever “I Have a Dream” was delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther King was born Michael King, but during 1934 his father Martin Luther King Sr. changed both names to Martin Luther in honor of German reformer Martin Luther. King skipped both ninth and twelfth grades and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School at age

Martin Luther King and his wife Correta Scott became parents of two sons and two daughters. He won Nobel Peace Prize on October 14, 1964 at age of thirty-five which made him the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. On April 4, 1968 at age of 39 Martin Luther King Jr. was hit by a sniper while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee. Because of his strong work during American Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr. was a one of the most important, popular, and effective leaders of the civil rights movement. His most important contribution to civil rights movement was one of the key events of American Civil Rights Movement, Montgomery Bus Boycott, which started on December 1, 1955 and ended on December 20,

The bus boycott in Montgomery was not the first bus boycott in U.S. History, in 1953 black citizens in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana did not use buses for a week. However boycott in Montgomery was not just for a week; Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted 381 days. After Rosa Parks was arrested, on December 5, 1955 ninety percent of black citizens in Montgomery stayed off the buses. During the same day group of black ministers met and discussed the old bus boycott in Louisiana. Martin Luther King Jr. was chosen to serve as spokesman for the protest. At the time, Martin Luther King Jr. was only twenty-six years old and had lived in Montgomery for only two years. Rosa Parks said: “The advantage of having Dr. King as president was that he was so new to Montgomery and to civil rights work that he hadn’t been there long enough to make any strong friends or enemies”. The MIA had organized a voluntary carpool that proved a model of efficient transportation: police began to stop, question and arrest black drivers after the successful beginning of the boycott. King was arrested on January 26, 1956, and his house was bombed on January 30, 1956. After his house was bombed King spoke to angry black crowd to keep them calm. “Now let’s not get panicky. If you have weapons, take them home; if you do not have them, please do not