 |
| Photo courtesy of http://www.drmartinlutherking.net/martin-luther-king-pictures-photos.php |
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of America's most influential
civil rights activists in the 1960's. He was born in the state of
as a child. He graduated high school at the age of 15.
seminary for three years. He was also a pastor in his church.
As a civil rights activist he spread a message of peace and
tolerance, and staged nonviolent protests.
In August of 1963 Reverend King delivered his most famous
speech, "I Have a Dream", in Washington, D.C. to 250,000
people. You can hear the speech here, or you can read it
here.
My sources for this post are:
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html#
http://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf
