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He was born with the name Michael Luther King Jr. and later changed it to Martin.
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He attended segregated public schools in Georgia
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Martin graduated with a B.A. degree.
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Here he was elected president of a predominantly white senior class and was awarded the B.D.
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Here he enrolled in the graduate studies and completed his residence for the doctorate in 1953 and received the degree in 1955. In Boston he met and married Coretta Scott and they had two sons and two daughters.
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People in the south boycotted buses for 382 days because a white man told a black woman to get out of the seat and she refused. During the boycott, King was arrested.
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Negros and whites rode the buses as equals.
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S.C.L.C was an organization formed to provide new leadership for the then rapidly increasing civil rights movement.
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His grandfather started as the pastor from 1914-1931 until he died then Martin's father took over as pastor.
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This speech was given during the March on Washington. In his speech he talked about the Civil Rights Movement and the struggle of justice.
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King became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure.
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He was the youngest man to ever recieve this prize at age 35. When he was notified he announced that he was going to give the $54,123 to the Civil Rights Movement.
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He was standing on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis, TN, where he was supposed to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city.
