Martin Luther King Jr was a renowned African-American clergyman and activist in the mid 1950’s. Due to his skin colour and nationality, he was well aware of the racism going around towards black people and how they lived an extremely unfair life, therefore he was determined to end racial prejudice. As well as the discrimination brought upon black people that led to Martin being a strong supporter of desegregation, his religious belief that racism was an insult to god’s will gave him even more determination. Martin accomplished many things in his 39 years, however, he was most famous for his contribution to civil rights in the United States of America and his ‘I have a dream’ speech.
Martin was born on the 15th of January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, to parents Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. He already had a sister, Christine, and his brother Alfred was born a year later. They all grew up in a loving home with both parents by their side as well as his father hitting him as a way of discipline up till …show more content…
Segregation became illegal in America in January of 1957 with Martin's help. He continued to work on African- Americans equal rights, where he believed they should be given the right to vote, which Martin began protesting on in 1957. Black people had the right to vote on the 6th of August 1965. This led him to be a national figure and one of the best spokesman of the civil rights movement. On the 28th of August 1963, Martin made a speech which has become one of the world's most famous speeches. Through the ‘I have a dream’ speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Martin stood in front of over 200,000 individuals to project his vision that someday, regardless of race, all men could be ‘brothers’ and that someday, everyone, regardless of race, could be united and
Martin was born on the 15th of January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, to parents Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. He already had a sister, Christine, and his brother Alfred was born a year later. They all grew up in a loving home with both parents by their side as well as his father hitting him as a way of discipline up till …show more content…
Segregation became illegal in America in January of 1957 with Martin's help. He continued to work on African- Americans equal rights, where he believed they should be given the right to vote, which Martin began protesting on in 1957. Black people had the right to vote on the 6th of August 1965. This led him to be a national figure and one of the best spokesman of the civil rights movement. On the 28th of August 1963, Martin made a speech which has become one of the world's most famous speeches. Through the ‘I have a dream’ speech at the Lincoln Memorial, Martin stood in front of over 200,000 individuals to project his vision that someday, regardless of race, all men could be ‘brothers’ and that someday, everyone, regardless of race, could be united and