Coretta Scott King

Significant Dates and Achievements 1. Coretta Scott King Wife of Martin Luther King, she played role after her husband was assassinated. She led Women 's movement and African American Civil Movement. In 1974, she established the Full Employment Action Council, which was group of over 100 different religious, civil, labor and women 's rights groups dedicated to national policy of full employment and equal economic…

Luther King, Jr., on January 15, 1929, Michael changed his name to Martin. Martin Luther went to school in Georgia where he completed high school at fifteen years old. He got a B.A. degree in 1948 from Morehouse School, a college for African Americans of Atlanta from which both his dad and granddad had graduated. He was chosen president of a predominantly white senior class at Crozer Philosophical Theological school in Pennsylvania. In 1951, Martin was granted the B.D. Martin Luther King…

On January 15th, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr. (his birth name was originally Michael King, Jr.) was born in Atlanta, Georgia. The parents of this remarkable man were Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., a highly religious man, and Alberta Williams King. He had a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King, born July 30th, 1930, and one elder sister, Christine King Farris, born September 11th, 1927. When King was only 6, his father took a trip to Germany, and once he returned from his trip, was…

Martin Luther King Jr was an amazing influence for Americans and Africans, who started the “Walk on Washington” to show that black and whites were all equal together. King who influenced the Civil Rights movements based on his beliefs, words, and actions helped end segregation in the U.S. King supported the movement based on his belief. He was an example of a brave man who stood up for what he believed in. Segregation was wrong in many ways. King encouraged that we should get along with other…

Nimsi Castillo Mr. A. Recinto English 2 May 2, 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. also known as Michael Luther was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was one of the greatest American Civil Rights leaders of the 1960’s. Martin Luther King Jr died trying to make the lives of African Americans better. His father was a minister at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. At the age of 15 he was enrolled at the Moore house college and graduated from Moore House College…

MDA, and encouraged by the Student Affairs office. Martin Luther King (MLK) is a program on the UF campus that celebrates the leader on MLK day. This celebration is campus wide, and has many activities for a weeklong celebration. The program states “This is not a black holiday; it is a peoples' holiday. And it is the young people of all races and religions who hold the keys to the fulfillment of his dream." (Coretta Scott King, N/A) (UF, 2016). This event not only celebrates MLK, but allows…

Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous and respectable man when he was alive. He was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He gave many sermons and speeches in his day. On one very important day, 4 February 1968, he gave a sermon called “The Drum Major Instinct;” it was based off an adaptation of J. Wallace Hamilton’s “Drum-Major Instinct.” In King’s sermon, he explains what the drum major instinct is and why you need to be cautious with it. King believed that you shouldn’t use…

Playhouse, is based off what could have happened between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Mountaintop speech and his assassination. All taking place in his Lorraine Motel room. No one will ever know what happened between the two events, but Katori Hall tells one possibility, making for an interesting watch. Dr. King will forever be remembered as a peaceful activist bringing considerable changes to America. The Mountaintop is…

Why is it that Martin Luther King is regarded as one of the most respected leaders of all time? After all, he wasn’t the only man who suffered in pre-civil rights America, so why him? How has Steve Jobs created a multimillion dollar company when his competitors are equally qualified to make all of the same products? As it turns out, all the great inspiring leaders, whether it's Steve Jobs or Martin Luther King, all think, act, and broadcast their feelings in the exact same way. It’s no mystery…

The most compelling speech of the four was the “I Have A Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. In the 1950s and 60s, the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing. A centuries-old prejudice, unchallenged under majority white rule, was now at odds with a seething black populace that hungered for the rights bestowed upon them by the Founding Fathers. Despite progress in the North, the discriminatory Jim Crow laws, which were pervasive in the American South at the time, prevented blacks from…