Martin Luther King, Jr.

Upbringing
1. Born in Atlanta, Georgia
  1. January 15, 1929
2. Father: Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.
  1. Changed name to Martin Luther in honor of German reformer
Inspirational Speeches
1. "I HAVE A DREAM"
  Anmerkungen:
  - The speech in video: http://youtu.be/smEqnnklfYs
  2. August 28, 1963
Family life
1. Married to Coretta Scott
  1. 4 children
Studies
2. Precocious student
  1. Skipped 9th and 12th grades
    1. Entered Morehouse College
      1. Age 15
      2. Degree in Sociology
        1948
        Crozer Theological Seminary
        B.Div. degre
        1951
        Boston University
        Ph.D. degree
        1955
        "A Comparison of the Conceptions of God in the Thinking of Paul Tillich and Henry Nelson Wieman"
Inspiration
1. Religion
  1. Jesus Christ
2. Mahatma Gandhi
  1. No violence
3. Henry David Thoreau
Assasination
1. April 4, 1968
2. Killer
  1. Henry Clay Wilson?
    1. New claims in 2002
      Anmerkungen:
      - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/05/us/a-minister-says-his-father-now-dead-killed-dr-king.html
  2. James Earl Ray?
    1. Convicted
  3. Other?
Marches and Movements
1. March on Washington (1963)
2. Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
3. Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957)
4. Albany movement (1961)
5. Birmingham campaign (1963)
6. St. Augustine, Florida (1963)
7. Selma, Alabama (1964)
8. The Selma Voting Rights Movement (1965)
  1. Bloody Sunday
9. Chicago Open Housing Movement (1966)
10. Vietnam War Opposition (1965)
11. Poor People's Campaign (1968)
Nobel Peace Prize
1. October 14, 1964
3. Youngest winner at the time