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Montgomery Bus Boycott
He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott - which was a protest against racial segregation. -
"I have a dream."
In 1963 King wowed the world with his speech, “I have a dream.” This speech went on to inspire many young and old and changed the views in society -
Civil Rights Acts
Martin Luther King was an activism attempting to end the African-American segregation. He played a main role in the establishment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -
Nobel Peace Winner
Also in 1964 King won a Nobel Peace Prize -
Voting Acts Right
1965 King then created Voting Rights Acts -
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Civil Rights Movement
1965 - 1967, Martin expanded his Civil Rights Movement into larger cities like Chicago and Los Angeles. He did not stop at one city or town, he needed to make a difference thought the whole country let alone world -
"Beyond Vietnam."
In 1967 King the fixed his focus on the poverty and Vietnam war, speaking out and intimidating many of his allies with his speech, Beyond Vietnam. -
A multiracial army of the poor
In 1968, King and the SCLC organized the "Poor People's Campaign" to create awareness around issue of economic justice. King travelled the country and collected a group of many poor people from different races calling them, "A multiracial army of the poor" so that they would march on Washington to protests in nonviolent at the Capitol until Congress created an "economic bill of rights" for poor Americans -
Medal of Freedom
In 1977, the Presidential Medal of Freedom was awarded to King by President Jimmy Carter. The citation read: Martin Luther King, Jr., was the conscience of his generation. He gazed upon the great wall of segregation and saw that the power of love could bring it down. From the pain and exhaustion of his fight to fulfill the promises of our founding fathers for our humblest citizens, he wrung his eloquent statement of his dream for America. He made our nation stronger because he made