Martin Luther King was an American priest of Baptists and an advocate of equality for all people. He was still a deacon, pacifist and follower of passive resistance. For his preference for passive resistance, he was accused by more radical black people.
He was the leader of the African-American Movement for the Political Rights of Colored Americans.
He was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and was named after the German Protestant theologian Martin Luther. He was from a wealthy family and lived in a good neighborhood of people of color. He grew up in a disciplined religious environment and was an excellent student.
He faced racism at a young age and that was something that shaped his character.
He studied theology and at the age of 24 he became a pastor in a Baptist church. He got involved in the struggle of people of color for political and social rights. He also led many peaceful protest marches.
He was also a leader in many struggles to eliminate racial segregation in schools, buses, restaurants, shops, hotels, etc. He also fought for the right to vote of the colored people. In addition, he tried to fight the poverty of his country.
He is known for his famous “I have a dream” speech.
In 1964 he was awarded the Nobel Prize. He still had many distinctions even after his death.
He blamed his country’s government for the Vietnam War.
In 1953 he married and had four children.
Throughout this endeavor he experienced many assassination attempts against his life. He was eventually assassinated in 1968 by a white fugitive in a hotel where he was preparing to protest. His murder was probably an organized conspiracy as the FBI covered a lot of information about the incident. For a week after that, bloody incidents followed throughout the country.
His date of birth was declared a holiday in the United States.
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