http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Martin_Luther_King

•Best known for his speech “I have a dream”•Given on the march in Washington in 1963•Youngest person to win the noble peace prize•Killed at age 39 by an assassin in 1968•Impact and legacy was worldwide•Influenced struggle against apartheid in South Africa•Only African American to have a national holiday•Greatest American leader of twentieth century• Had a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology•Received a Doctor of Philosophy in Systematic Theology from Boston University in 1955•Buried next to his grandparents •The belief that God will do everything for man is as untenable as the belief that man can do everything for himself. It, too, is based on a lack of faith. We must learn that to expect God to do everything while we do nothing is not faith but superstition. (Strength to Love, 133)

•(mid-May )

http://nazareth.patch.com/articles/five-facts-about-martin-luther-king-jr-day

• Born January 15, 1929 • Chief motivator in a movement to end racial segregation • Nonviolent activism reflected the work of Gandhi• In 1983 Ronald Reagan signed the bill for the national holiday• MLK day is often combined with civil rights day • Made the “I have a dream” speech for 17 minutes to more than

200,000 people• Assassinated on April 4th • James Ray accused murderer was arrested in London• Took 15 years and 6 million petition signatures to pass the bill for

MLK day

• ( . "Five Facts About Martin Luther King Jr. Day )

http://www.indeonline.com/newsnow/x255285855/44-years-after-his-death-Martin-Luther-King-Jr-still-inspires• “He was an ordinary man who God was able to use to do something

extraordinary.”• 44 years after his death, he still is inspiring generations of leaders to do

more than they ever could• “is that he was able to inspire and mobilize people across all cultures.”

• King’s greatest legacy can be encapsulated into a single word: Dream • “I want at least one person to know that they are loved. They are loved

because they were created by a God who loves them.” • (Pustay )

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/life-and-words-martin-luther-king-jr-part-1-2

• Arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, for leading a freedom march• Martin Luther King Jr., was born in January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia • His father was the pastor of a Baptist church • He was a fighter and his son, Martin, took after him.• "This is a boy. I'm a man. Until you call me one, I will not listen to you.“• Wanted to be a minister • Became his fathers assistant • Entered a school of religion in Pennsylvania • Graduated top of his class with all A’s

• (now, King's name was known all over the world )

http://kingian.net/awards-recognition.html

• Selected one of the most outstanding personalities of the year by Time magazine, 1957.

• King was voted 6th in the "Person of the Century" poll by Time Magazine • in 1965 the American Jewish Committee presented King with the American

Liberties Medallion for his "exceptional advancement of the principles of human liberty."

• Believed nonviolent resistance was the only cure to society• King believed that a nonviolent protester was as passionate as a violent protester • nonviolent resistance is not to humiliate the opponent, but instead to gain his

friendship and understanding • the battle was against the forces of evil and not individuals • "universe was on the side of justice." • a 2005 televised call-in poll identified King as the third greatest American,

following Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln

• King's name and legacy have often been invoked since his death as people have begun to debate where he would have stood on various modern political issues

were he alive today • ("Martin Luther King )

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/

king-bio.html• Name was Michael but then had it changed to Martin• His grandfather began the families long tenure of pastors of the

Ebenezer Baptist church in Atlanta• Graduated from High school at the age of 15

• he was elected president of a predominantly white senior class in Pennsylvania school

• Met and married Coretta Scott in Boston • He had 2 sons and 2 daughters • he was arrested upwards of twenty times and assaulted at least four

times; he was awarded five honorary degrees • In the eleven-year period between 1957 and 1968, King traveled over six

million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, appearing wherever there was injustice, protest, and action; and meanwhile he wrote five books as well as numerous articles

• ("Martin Luther King - Biography." )

http://www.kvewtv.com/article/2012/jan/16/mid-columbia-residents-

honor-legacy-martin-luter-k/• Hundreds of people from across the Mid-Columbia gathered in Pasco

to remember Dr. King's messages of equality and service• Cameron Mitchell is the first African-American superior court judge in

Benton and Franklin counties • He was named the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Spirit Award winner • hundreds gathered outside the college for a traditional and peaceful

bell-ringing ceremony.• Many residents of Pasco say King's dream has sparked many

changes, but there is room to grow

• "I think it has been realized. There's always room for improvement because there's always going to be misunderstandings and

miscommunications, and things like that" • ("Mid-Columbia residents honor legacy of Martin

Luther King Jr.." )

http://www.mlkonline.net/bio.html

•King became president of the newly-formed Montgomery Improvement Association

•His house was bombed

•Montgomery bus were desegregated in December, 1956, after the United States Supreme Court declared Alabama's segregation laws unconstitutional.

•Early in 1968, he initiated a Poor Peoples campaign designed to confront economic problems that had not been addressed by early civil rights reforms.

•In 1964, King became the first black American to be honored as Time magazine's Man of the Year.

•King's efforts were not limited to securing civil rights; he also spoke out against poverty and the Vietnam War.

•(Carson )

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkjrday1.html

• While jailed for leading anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, King wrote this letter arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws.

• King's speech at the March remains one of the most famous speeches in American history

• he announced that he would donate all of the prize money ($54,123) to the civil rights movement

• In this speech delivered at the Riverside Church in New York City, King referred to the United States "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.“

• ("Martin Luther King Jr. Day: )

http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-king-jr-9365086

• He was the middle child• Adopted the name Martin Luther in honor of the German Protestant

religious leader Martin Luther. • Had an older sister and younger brother• He was baptized in May 1936• At age 12 he attempted suicide by leaping from a second story

window at the family home.• Skipped 9th and 11th grade• When he was young he questioned religion • His junior year he took a bible class which renewed his faith • met Coretta Scott and aspiring singer and musician at the New

England Conservatory school in Boston • (Martin Luther King, Jr )