Civil Rights
Published on Nov 27, 2015
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At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement. On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, he was assassinated.
King was a gifted student, he attended segregated public schools and at the age of 15 was admitted to Morehouse College, where he studied medicine and law. Although he had not intended to follow in his father’s footsteps by joining the ministry, he changed his mind under the mentorship of Morehouse’s president, Dr. Benjamin Mays, an influential and outspoken advocate for racial equality.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a fifty year old man at the time of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He became the president and founder of the Montgomery Improvement Association. His goal when he conducted the boycott was to put an end to the segregation in public transportation. He was also the pastor of Dexter Avenue King Memorial baptist church which is the church where all the meetings were held.
During the boycott he was arrested due to the anger of white people during the boycott. He was charged with speeding when driving. He was also convicted in the State of Alabama v. Martin Luther King Jr. where he either had to pay or go to jail. He stated with or without him the boycott must go on. He led the Civil Rights Movement until 1968.
Dr. King believed in non-violent protests to get his point across. He inspired many others. Dr. King worked hard to help get equality. He helped inspire sit-ins and boycotts and it all started with a man
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