Martin Luther King J.R.
Civil Rights Activist
early life
getting involved
choices and results
· 1955 Earned Ph.D.; leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott; elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association
· 1957 King and other leaders organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
· 1963 Delivered famous "I Have A Dream" speech
·1963 marched on Washington with 250,000 people to urge them to support desegregation and protect there voting rights
· 1964 Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
· 1968 Assassinated in Memphis
in his words
aftermath
words for him
"People still care about Dr. King and his dream. They haven't forgotten. They care enough to put this monument in the most prominent place on the National Mall. Years ago, I would precede King just before he spoke. I used to sing Precious Lord; he always loved that."
Rev. C.L. Franklin
legacy
annotated bibliography
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"Martin Luther King, Jr." Contemporary Black Biography. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale, 1992. Biography in Context. Web. 4 May 2016. i used this source because it seemed important, because it was at the top of the resources
" Gale Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2011. Biography in Context. Web. 4 May 2016. I used this source because it was the best picture I could find of him in his speech
I Have A Dream' Speech, In Its Entirety." Talk of the Nation 18 Jan. 2010. Biography in Context. Web. 4 May 2016. I used this source because it was the best one of his speech
1999"Martin Luther King, Jr." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Ed. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit: Gale. Biography in Context. Web. 5 May 2016. I used this source because it had the best description on the after math and legacy
"Civil Rights Movement." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Ed. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit: Gale, 1999. Biography in Context. Web. 9 May 2016. I used this source because it was the best source for the category out of all the ones I looked in
King Dream Concert: celebs tell why civil rights icon's memorial must be built." Jet 8 Oct. 2007: 14+. Biography in Context. Web. 9 May 2016. I used this source because it was one of the only ones with a quote for doctor king j.r.
- "Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaks in New York, 1965." Gale Biography in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Biography in Context. Web. 9 May 2016. I used this picture because it got the idea to the reader
- "Martin Luther King, Jr." Notable Black American Men, Book II. Ed. Jessie Carney Smith. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Biography in Context. Web. 9 May 2016. i used this source because it was a really good biography
- "Martin Luther King, Jr." Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History. Ed. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. Detroit: Gale, 1999. Biography in Context. Web. 9 May 2016. I used this source because it was an interesting biography to read
- "President Lyndon B. Johnson shaking hands with Martin Luther King, Jr., after signing the Civil..." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 7: 1960-1969. Detroit: Gale, 2001. Biography in Context. Web. 9 May 2016. i used this picture because it shows him accomplishing something
- "Advice for living." Ebony Jan. 1996: 48+. Biography in Context. Web. 9 May 2016. i used this article because it was very vivid about his dreams