- Titel: Martin Luther King Jr.
- Autor: anonym
- Beschreibung: Ein Vortrag in English über Martin Luther King Jr. Hausaufgabenweb - Deine Hausaufgaben online
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General:
* 15.1. 1929 ( Atlanta, Georgia)
+ 4.4.1968 ( Memphis, Tennessee)
- founded the organisation "Southern Christian Leadership Conference" (SCLC)
- 1964: "Friednsnobelpreis"
familiy:
- ML King Senior married Alberta Williams; her dad: baptist minister in the "Ebenezer Baptist Church", Georgia
- when Alberta´s dad died, Martin became his succession
- they got three children: Christine, Martin Luther , Alfred-Daniel
- Martin Luther King Junior got 4 children
Personal experiences with racism :
- was born into hard time, e.g. Klu- Klux -Klan and his terrible murders
- racial segregation everywhere
constitution says, that everyone is equal , but the whole political system was white
- 2 attempts to kill himself, then he started to look one´s best
school/education:
- visited "Morehouse-College" -> black, private school
- wanted to become baptist minister -> helped his father in his church
- 1951 "Crozer-University" diploma
- changed to Boston, started to learn in Boston & Harvard : philosophy and theology
- met Coretta and married
- went to Atlanta
- was voted to become baptist minister in Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery Bus Boycott:
- first big success
- spoke in his church and asked his congregation to stop their using buses
- was voted to be chairman of the boycott, which continued 386 days
- became famous all over the world
- end of the boycott: no racial segregation in public transport in Montgomery
- 1960 he became baptist minister in Atlanta ( "Ebenezer Baptist Church", with his dad together)
- 1963: chairman in Birmingham, where was a campaign
- 28.August 1963:
- March of Washington ( 200000 black people marched to Washington to demonstrate )
- a lot of people spoke; ML King spoke his most famous speech: "I have a dream"
death:
- 4.4. 1968: Dr Martin Luther King was killed by a white assassin in Memphis, Tennessee
- since 1986: 3. Monday in January: national holiday
