Martin Luther King Jr Legacy

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Martin Luther King Jr biographies

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Martin Luther King Jr, born January 15th 192, at Atlanta, Georgia, was the middle child of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. Originally named “Michael King Jr.”, his name was changed to Martin by his father to honour the German Protestant leader, Martin Luther. At the age of 12, King attempted suicide by jumping of a second story window when he missed his grandmother death while watching a parade.

King was born into a financially secure middle-class family, thus he had access to better education than majority of black children his age. He attended segregated public schools in Georgia (David T. Howard Elementary and Booker T. Washington High School). …show more content…

This mass riot is known as the “King Assassination Riots” or the “Holy Week Uprising”, the greatest upheaval and social unrest after the Civil War. Methods included riots, loots, protests and arson. The cost of reconstruction exceeded $30 million and damaged the national economy due to the loss of money and lack of tourism and consumer productivity. The assassination fuelled the growth of the Black Power Movements and the Black Panther Party in the 1960s to the …show more content…

Martin Luther King Jr, an American Baptists minister, activist, humanitarian and Noble Peace Prize laureate, was also famously known as the leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movements due to his significant role in the Civil Rights Movements. King participated and organized many non-violent and passive resistance; this includes speeches, sit-ins, Boycotts and protest marches. King was known as one of the most influence person in the history due to his advocate for nonviolence. On the 3rd Monday of January annually, is the Martin Luther King Jr. day, an American federal holiday established in

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