Martin Luther King, Jr
Jillnell Gobert
December 8, 2012
CWV-101
Professor Pasley
Martin Luther King, Jr., original name Michael King, Jr. (born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. -- died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee), graduated from Morehouse College (B.A., 1948), Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D., 1951), and Boston University (Ph.D., 1955). The son of the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, King was ordained in 1947 and became (1954) minister of a Baptist church in Montgomery, Ala. After leaving Crozer, King got married to Coretta Scott. He was a Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by ...
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of the injustices people suffer and the rights they deserve. As Martin Luther King, Jr. explained to Congress in 1966, the American civil rights movement was now demanding "more than civil rights." The struggle for "human rights" it included the right "to live in a decent house" and the right to earn or receive "an adequate income." Methods of protest, organization, litigation, and legislation had dramatically expanded black people's legal and constitutional rights. In the South it had become easier by 1966 to peacefully assemble, vote, and gain access to public accommodations such as libraries and restaurants. Mass protests had forced Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965, but King argued that these victories came with little financial cost to the nation. In my opinion if it wasn't for Dr. King's leadership we wouldn't be able to stand up for our rights. He died doing what he thought was best for this country.
Dr. King grew up as a ...
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