Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., born on January 15, 1929, grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, the heart of the racist south of the United States. King, throughout history, is known as the leader of the Civil Rights movement with his peaceful protests and marches, and powerful voice during his speeches. But growing up the son of a pastor, he was sensitive kid in the comfortable middle class of African Americans, but was well aware of the Jim Crow laws that separated him and other black people from the whites. Many people see King as someone who could endure many emotional obstacles, but his whole life was a constant internal battle. No matter how many great things he did or said, King always seemed to have another problem enter before his tragic assassination
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entered at Morehouse, a college in Atlanta Georgia at the age of fifteen years old. He was almost set on practicing law, but the college president convinced King to become a minister, like his father, and use it to spread ideas and start social protests. After earning his bachelor’s degree, King traveled to Crozer Seminary in Pennsylvania, where he went to search for answers on how African Americans could improve their lives in a primarily white country. He then turned to the teachings of Gandhi, where he used nonviolence to overcome British rule in India. King adopted Gandhi’s ideas of boycotts, strikes, and protest marches out of love for those oppressing into his own to try to end segregation in the south, and ultimately the United States. He eventually graduated from Crozer Seminary in 1951, and then later earned a Ph.D. in theology from Boston …show more content…
After state troopers beat black marchers and two people were killed, the community called for King to aide the movement. King would ask for support from thousands of people with different backgrounds, religions and races, and never before had a gathering of this many people with so many differences ever occurred in the south during the Civil Rights movement. Together, King and his thousands followers marched over the Jefferson Davis Highway to Montgomery. In the capital of Alabama, where the leader of the Confederate states had his inauguration parade, a majority of the state’s black population, most of them of slave descent, were singing the Civil Rights movement anthem “We Shall Overcome”. The events in Alabama caused Washington to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which banned any sort of restriction that denied blacks the right to vote.
King best described his feelings for a better life in America in his “I Have A Dream” speech on August 28, 1963 in Washington D.C. in front of the Lincoln Memorial. 250,000 of all races listened as Dr. King told them of his visions of places all across the United States living without racism, and the future children of this country no longer fearing oppression. King went on the next year to be the youngest to win the Nobel Peace Prize at thirty
entered at Morehouse, a college in Atlanta Georgia at the age of fifteen years old. He was almost set on practicing law, but the college president convinced King to become a minister, like his father, and use it to spread ideas and start social protests. After earning his bachelor’s degree, King traveled to Crozer Seminary in Pennsylvania, where he went to search for answers on how African Americans could improve their lives in a primarily white country. He then turned to the teachings of Gandhi, where he used nonviolence to overcome British rule in India. King adopted Gandhi’s ideas of boycotts, strikes, and protest marches out of love for those oppressing into his own to try to end segregation in the south, and ultimately the United States. He eventually graduated from Crozer Seminary in 1951, and then later earned a Ph.D. in theology from Boston …show more content…
After state troopers beat black marchers and two people were killed, the community called for King to aide the movement. King would ask for support from thousands of people with different backgrounds, religions and races, and never before had a gathering of this many people with so many differences ever occurred in the south during the Civil Rights movement. Together, King and his thousands followers marched over the Jefferson Davis Highway to Montgomery. In the capital of Alabama, where the leader of the Confederate states had his inauguration parade, a majority of the state’s black population, most of them of slave descent, were singing the Civil Rights movement anthem “We Shall Overcome”. The events in Alabama caused Washington to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which banned any sort of restriction that denied blacks the right to vote.
King best described his feelings for a better life in America in his “I Have A Dream” speech on August 28, 1963 in Washington D.C. in front of the Lincoln Memorial. 250,000 of all races listened as Dr. King told them of his visions of places all across the United States living without racism, and the future children of this country no longer fearing oppression. King went on the next year to be the youngest to win the Nobel Peace Prize at thirty