Martin+Luther+King+Jr

"Martin Luther King Jr. ." 26 Jan 2009 .


 * Born January 15, 1929 SK
 * Died April 4, 1968 SK
 * Original name was Michael, but later he changed it to Martin SK
 * Martin Luther's dad served as a minister in a Baptist church and Martin Luther was a co-paster from 1960 until his death SK
 * He attented segregated schools in Georgia and graduated at 15 years old SK
 * Recieved a B. A degree that his father and grandfather both recieved and graduated from Morehouse College SK
 * Martin Luther met his wife Correta Scott, and they eventually married. They had 4 children, two girls and two boys SK
 * Martin Luther became a pastor in Montgomery, Alabama. Dexter Avenue Baptist Church SK
 * During his time of being a pastor Luther was a member of the executive committee to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People SK
 * December, 1955 Luther accepted the leadership to the Great Negro Nonviolent Demonstration of Contemporary Times SK
 * During the bus segregation deal, King was arrested, his house bombed, and he was abused SK
 * During this time, he emerged as a Negro leader of the first rank SK
 * 1957 King became president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference SK
 * In an eleven year period, King spoke over 2,500 times SK
 * He went to speak wherever there were was action including protest, and injustice SK
 * King wrote 5 books and many magazine and newspaper articles SK
 * He has led protests including his famous one in Birmingham, Alabama SK
 * Conferred with JFK and campaigned for Lyndon B. Johnson SK
 * Assulted atleast 4 times, arrested close to 20 times SK
 * man of the year, 1963 SK
 * 5 honereary degrees SK
 * Nobel Peace Prize SK
 * Youngest man to recieve Nobel Peace Prize at age 35 SK
 * Assasinated April 4, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee where he was to lead a protest march
 * Most famous for, " I have a dream" speech


 * "King's Dreams: His Beliefs and Philosophy." 29 Jan 2009 .
 * Dr. King lead the beginning of the civil rights movement. SK
 * He believed that the non-violent resistance program was an effective method to stop segregation. SK
 * During studies, King started to concentrate on finding a solution to end "social ills" SK
 * King used the Bible as his main source SK
 * Took many lessons from christianity SK
 * Relied on Gandhi SK
 * He traveled to India to learn more about the ways of Gandhi SK
 * An example of King's non-violence was when he did the bus boycott. He chose to not use bodyguards, knowing his life was in danger. This lead to the bombing of his home. SK
 * After the bus boycott non-violence grew on him, in his first book he wrote about 6 key principals of non-violence. SK
 * A lot of people didn't agree with King's non-violence approach SK
 * Martin Luther King began to be the center of people's frustration. SK

"The power of non-violence ." 2006-2007 30 Jan 2009 http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=1131.
 * Nonviolence didn't make sense to a lot of people SK
 * People thought that King was "attacking" the people who used violence SK
 * King tried to convince people that it was the violence he was trying to get rid of, not the people. SK
 * King used mass meetings to explain his nonviolence actions and explain why they were important SK
 * They met to hold these meetings twice a week, Mondays and Thursdays. SK
 * King's intention wasn't to defeat or humuliate the white community, but it was to have the white community accept the black community and be able to do the same things, at the same places with the white people. SK
 * If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. SK
 * Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. SK

1996-2009 30 Jan 2009 .
 * 1965 Supreme court rules that bus segregation is illegal. Kings boycott is successful. SK
 * 1957 Southern Christian Leadership Conference is formed by Dr. King and he tries to start the civil rights movement. SK
 * 1958 King's first Civil Rights Act is passed by congress. Nearly stabbed to death, when being stabbed by an assistant SK
 * June 23, 1963 King leads 250,000 people in Detroit on a freedom walk. SK
 * The march on Washington that King lead is the largest civil rights demonstration in history SK
 * King gave is famous, "I have a dream" speech during this march. SK
 * 1964 King attends the signing ceremony of Civil Rights Act of 1964. SK
 * 1966 Moves to a tenement to show poor people, and initiates a campaign to end discrimination. Schools, work place, and housing SK
 * 1967 Supreme court arrests King for demonstration without a permit. Spends 4 nights in jail SK
 * Same year, King announces inception of the poor people's campaign. Focuses on jobs, and freedom for all races, and the poor SK
 * 1968 King marches in support of sanitation workers on strike
 * March 28, 1968 King has a march that will end up turning violent. This is the first time King has had an event turn violent. SK
 * April 4, King is shot fatally while standing on a balcony. Riots and violence breaks out in 130 American cities. SK

"Nonviolent Resistance." __King Encyclopedia__ 1998 2 Feb 2009 http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/about_king/encyclopedia/nonviolence.htm. __**Nonviolence**__
 * King got the idea of nonviolence from an essay he read from Henry Davis. SK
 * King was interested in the nonviolence world, and liked the idea of refusing to work with an evil system SK
 * Inspired by Gandhi, King went to Philadelphia to listen to Dr. Mordecai Johnson, that had just gotten back from India. SK
 * Gandhi-skepticism concerning the power of love and nonviolence diminished. SK
 * “Living through the actual experience of the protest, nonviolence became more than a method to which I gave intellectual assent; it became a commitment to a way of life." King said after the busboycott, the power of nonviolence. SK
 * "The nonviolent resister is just as strongly opposed to the evil against which he protests as is the person who uses violence" SK

"March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." __New York: Warner Books__ (1998) 3 Feb 2009 <[|http://mlk-] kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/kingpapers/article/march_on_washington_for_jobs_and_freedom/>.
 * __March On Washington__**
 * August 28, 1963 SK
 * 200, 000 plus people appeared at the Lincoln memorial to partispate in the march SK
 * March for jobs and freedom of the colored people SK
 * March was successful SK
 * Kennedy Administration commited to pass the federal civil rights legislation SK
 * Philip Randolf was the founder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and ordered the march. SK