MLK Jr has always been one of those figures who I knew to respect and admire for many obvious reasons, but I never fully researched the depth of admiration I should have. Social Networks and Archival Context - Martin Luther King, Jr.The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Search the Catalog for Records relating to Martin Luther King, Jr. His legacy for nonviolent action and civil disobedience still lives on. Day, which created a national holiday on the third Monday in January to remember Dr. In 1986 President Ronald Reagan signed legislation enacting Martin Luther King, Jr. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. On April 4th, 1968, at the age of 38, Dr. for his Poor People’s Campaign but he unfortunately never got the chance. turned his attention to poverty, capitalism, and the war in Vietnam. In the later 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. King believed the letter had implied for him to commit suicide. The FBI even went so far as to write him a threatening letter, anonymous at the time. Part of the investigation was trying to tie Dr. Edgar Hoover believed him to be a threat to the nation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO) began surveillance of Dr. His influence and importance came with a heavy price. He also won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and in 1965 helped organize the Selma to Montgomery marches to advocate for Black voting rights. King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. It was then, on the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial, that Dr. The most famous being the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. From this position, he helped organize many Civil Rights movement actions. Afterwards he was elected the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He rose to prominence as a leader in 1955 during the Montgomery bus boycott when he was selected to take charge to desegregate the bus services. The cornerstones of his activism were based on non-violence and civil disobedience, both of which were inspired by his Christian faith and the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. He was one of the most important and influential Civil Rights leaders in the 1950s and 1960s. was born in Atlanta, GA on January 15th, 1929. at the Soviet Border of the Berlin Wall, 1964.ĭr.
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