Dr Martin Luther King Jr Jan 15 1929

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968

Timeline of his Life 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama

Segregation Laws Largely because of Plessy v. Ferguson, racial segregation dominated the South from the 1890's until the 1950's.

Dr. King’s Childhood As a young boy, Martin saw inequality, injustice and racial tension in America. Martin and his sister Christine. 1935 – 1944 Dr. King attended David T. Howard Elementary School, Atlanta University Laboratory School, and Booker T. Washington High School. He passed the entrance examination to Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia at age 15.

Reverend King 1948 February 25 Dr. King is ordained to the Baptist ministry and appointed associate pastor at Ebenezer. June 8 Dr. King graduates from Morehouse College with a BA degree in Sociology. September Dr. King enters Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania. After hearing Dr. A. J. Muste and Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson preach on the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, he begins to study Gandhi seriously and follow his teaching of civil disobedience.

Influenced by Gandhi Nonviolent Civil Disobedience

Rosa Parks - 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white - she was arrested and fined $14. 00.

Dr. King is Arrested For travelling 30 mph in a 25 mph zone.

The government lies about Martin Luther King Jr. to attempt to stop him from fighting back against racial discrimination.

Dr. King Marches for Civil Rights

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X I Have A Dream Today Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others? -- Martin L. King

"Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality in the destroyers. " Martin Luther King, Jr. "I think there are plenty of good people in America, but there also plenty of bad people in America and the bad ones are the ones who seem to have all the power and be in these positions to block things that you and I need. Because this is the situation, you and I have to preserve the right to do what is necessary to bring an end to that situation, and it doesn't mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don't even call it violence when it's self-defense, I call it intelligence. " Malcolm X

Racial Demonstrations 1960 Olympics Black Panthers Demonstrate on the winners podium of the Olympic games. The message Was Black Power Through Violence from the teaching of Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam This was against Dr. King’s message of Peaceful Nonviolent Protest through Disobedience

Recognition for Dr. King TIME Magazine Man of the Year The Nobel Prize for Peace

“I Have a Dream Speech 1963

Dr. King is Assassinated in Memphis April 4, 1968

National Day of Remembrance President Ronald Reagan signs MLK Day into Law

How will YOU make a Difference?

Thank you Dr. King America is a better place Because of you.

“Free at Last, Free at Last Thank God Almighty, I’m free at Last” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.