Martin Luther King Jr :: Racism Blacks America

Martin Luther King JrNearly three centuries ago, African slaves were brought to the New earthly concern and putinto slavery. They were treated more cruelly in the United States than in anyother country that had ever practiced slavery, and ever since its prohibition African-Americans pee fought oppression. Martin Luther King Jr., would aidimmensely in this fight. He was born in Atlanta Georgia in 1929. His father,Martin Luther King Sr. Was a Baptist minister and as well preached for civil rights.By the time he was 17 he had decided to follow his fathers footsteps, so hehimself was ordained as a minister. After his offset from the CrozerTheological Seminary, when he began postgraduate work at Boston University, hestudied the works of Indian nationalist Mohandas Gandhi, from whom he derivedhis own philosophy of nonviolent protest. He moved to Alabama to become pastorfor a Baptist church. Just after he received his Ph.D. in 1955, King was askedto lead a passenger vehicle boycott in Montgomery. It had been formed after Rosa Parks wasarrested for refusing to give her seat to a white passenger. Throughout the 381days which the boycott lasted, he was arrested and jai lead, repeatedly threatened,and his home was bombed. The boycott ended later that year when the SupremeCourt outlawed segregation in public transportation. This was his first victoryand alone do Dr. King a highly respected leader. When he went to India in 1959,he studied Gandhis principle of Satyagraha or nonviolent persuasion, which heplanned to use for his brotherly protests. In the following year he decided to moveback to Atlanta to become copastor with his father. In 1963 he was back inBirmingham, Alabama, where he led a massive civil rights campaign, organizingdrives for black voter registration, desegregation, and better educationthroughout the South. During that time he led the unforgettable March on working capital where he delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech to millions ofviewers ac ross the nation. The next year he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.He went on to launching his first major northern campaign in Chicago. BlackBaptists were there opposing him, and a mob of club carrying Ku Klux Klanmembers and Neo-Nazis met his marchers. With all that he had say and done, onApril 3, 1983 he said I have been to the mountain top and seen the promiseland. This was the day prior to his demise. Sadly, the following day he wasshot to finish in Memphis Tennessee. Nearly 500,000 of his loyal admirersattended his funeral.