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On December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat for a white man
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Martin Luther King Jr. advocates voting rights for African Americans in the United States.
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King writes a letter from his cell in Birmingham jail, about injustice and him being called an outsider, the letter was a response to the clergyman his reasons for choosing direct action which was “to create a situation so crisis packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation”.
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Martin Luther King Jr. gave his I have a Dream speech at the Lincoln Memorial. The speech was to bring people to make change in America and create jobs and freedom.
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Martin Luther King Jr. met Malcolm X in Washington Malcolm and King both have different views when it came to ending racial discrimination and prejudice.
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Martin Luther King Jr. received the award because of his the way he handled racial prejudice nonviolently in America. He got the award at the age of 35, being one of the first youngest person to get that award.
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King's plan was to come up with a mass campaign to push the government to end poverty.
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Martin Luther King Jr. led 6 thousand protesters in the march for sanitation, the march was to gain better wages and working conditions for the colored. The protest ended in violence.
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The protest took place and was successful. The last speech King gave was called "I've been to the Mountaintop" and the speech was about calling for for unity, economic changes, boycotts, and nonviolent protest.
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King was on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where he was staying, when a sniper’s bullet struck him in the neck. after getting to the hospital, he was pronounced dead after an hour.
