Martin Luther King Jr.

“I am who I am because of who we all are.”-Martin Luther King Jr. Regina Kent

Legacy

What do you know about Martin Luther

King Jr.?

What contributions did Martin Luther King Jr. make for America?

What is the legacy that Martin Luther King Jr. left behind?

OBJECTIVE

WHO WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.?

• Born January 15th 1929• B. A. from Morehouse College• PhD from Boston University• Pastor of Dexter Avenue

Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama

• Face of Civil Rights Movement

On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks, an Afr ican-American woman boarded a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

She sat in the middle section of the bus, closest to the front, reserved for the “whites” only.

As soon as their seats f i l led, and more white men boarded the bus, the bus dr iver insisted that she and the other Afr ican-American people retreat to the back of the bus.

She refused and was arrested.

ROSA PARKS

Led 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott as a result of the arrest of Rosa Parks for refusing to give up her seat.

Martin Luther King Jr.and all other African-Americans refused to ride on the buses. Instead they walked or put together carpools.

This boycott lasted 13 months.

BOYCOTT

NAACP Executive Committee Founded Southern Christian

Leadership Conference in 1957

1957 NAACP Spingarn Award1963 March on Washington,

“I Have a Dream”1963 Time Magazine “Man of

the Year”Awarded 1964 Nobel Peace

Prize

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Civil Disobedience Non-violent resistance Mass Protest Marches Boycott Media Coverage Published articles, letters, books Preaching, lectures, speeches

METHODS

“I HAVE A DREAM”

The face of Civil Rights Movement

Successful in bringing about change

Humanitarian, intellectual, hero

MLK Jr. Day

LEGACY