A very special person was born on January 15, 1929. This very special person was Martin Luther King Jr (MLK). He was also previously known as, Michael King Jr. MLK was also known for a lot of things four of his main things where the "I Have A Dream" speech, Montgomery bus boycott, march on Washington, and winning the Nobel peace prize.
The first thing major thing Dr. Martin did was the Montgomery bus boycott. He was inspired by Rosa Parks because, one day she was asked to get up so a white man could sit where she was and she didn’t move. She got arrested and he was determine to do something about it. He started to ask people on December 1, 1955 to not ride the bus until the changed that black people could sit anywhere they wanted to …show more content…
On August 28 in 1963. If you couldn’t make it to this speech you heard it on the radio, or seen it on T.V. He stated that he was going to make a change that he wanted his kids not to be seen by the color of there skin but by the content of there character. Everything that came out of his mouth that day was taking to the heart by everyone.
October 14, 1964 the Noble Peace Prize was given to Martin Luther King Jr. He was given this for what he has done to try and bring peace to the world. All the things above is the reason. This and the I have a dream speech were MLK's biggest accomplishments. He was given it in Oslo, Norway. He was 35 years old and was the youngest person to get it sense it was first ever given to anyone.
Sadly this hero was assonated on April 4th, 1968 by James Erl Ray in Memphis, TN. MLK died knowing that he made a change. He also died knowing that the world knows his dream and hoping that it will happen. Till this day we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For everything that he has done to improve are world that we live in today. We have a day that we remember all the good things he did and that day is on the third Monday in
The first thing major thing Dr. Martin did was the Montgomery bus boycott. He was inspired by Rosa Parks because, one day she was asked to get up so a white man could sit where she was and she didn’t move. She got arrested and he was determine to do something about it. He started to ask people on December 1, 1955 to not ride the bus until the changed that black people could sit anywhere they wanted to …show more content…
On August 28 in 1963. If you couldn’t make it to this speech you heard it on the radio, or seen it on T.V. He stated that he was going to make a change that he wanted his kids not to be seen by the color of there skin but by the content of there character. Everything that came out of his mouth that day was taking to the heart by everyone.
October 14, 1964 the Noble Peace Prize was given to Martin Luther King Jr. He was given this for what he has done to try and bring peace to the world. All the things above is the reason. This and the I have a dream speech were MLK's biggest accomplishments. He was given it in Oslo, Norway. He was 35 years old and was the youngest person to get it sense it was first ever given to anyone.
Sadly this hero was assonated on April 4th, 1968 by James Erl Ray in Memphis, TN. MLK died knowing that he made a change. He also died knowing that the world knows his dream and hoping that it will happen. Till this day we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For everything that he has done to improve are world that we live in today. We have a day that we remember all the good things he did and that day is on the third Monday in