He was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.
He was the son of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr. and
Alberta Williams King.
3. EDUCATION
Growing up in Atlanta, King attended a HighSchool.He skipped
ninth and twelfth grade, and entered Morehouse College at age
fifteen without graduating from high school.In 1948, he
Graduated from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Arts degree
in sociology, and enrolled Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester,
Pensylvania, from which he graduated
4. EDUCATION
with a Bachelor of Divinity Degree in 1951. King then began
doctoral studies in Systematic Theology at Boston University and
received his Doctor of Philosophy on June 5, 1955.
5. WEDDING
Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953
in Alabama.King and Scott had four children.
6. HIS FAMILY
Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott ason anda daughter.
They were a beautiful family.
7. HIS FAMILY
Yolanda King Scott, the first daughter of Martin Luther King
Jr. giving a speech in 2006.
She was a human rights activist and actress.
8. HIS FAMILY
Bernice King Scott, second daughter of Martin Luther King
Jr.
Due to her skills in public speaking, she has been asked to
speak around the world. She was 5 years old when her father
died.
9. RACIAL EQUALITY
10. Racial Equality
The water fountain were separated from the white people
fountain.
Racial segregation was the norm across America. The Court did
not abolish segregation in
11. Racial Equality
In other public areas, such as restaurants and restrooms.
Blacks were not allow to use the same bathrooms not even at
theather.
12. Strike
King believed that organized, nonviolent protest against the
systemof southern segregation will demonstrate their compromise
with the people of Montgomery.
13. Birmingham Campaign
The Police Dept., used high-pressure water jets and police dogs
to control protesters, including children.
14. Birmingham Campaign
Not all ofthe demonstrators were peaceful, some attacked the
police, who responded with force. After that, public places became
more open to blacks.
15. The Albany Movement
Was a desegregation coalition formed in Albany, Georgia.The
movement mobilized thousands of citizens for a non-violent attack
on every aspect of segregation within
16. The Albany Movement
the city and attracted nationwide attention. Dr. King was
arrested and was sentenced to forty-five days in jail or $178.00
fine.He chose jail.For three days he was in prison and the Chief
Pritchett arranged for King's
17. The Albany Movement
fine to be paid and ordered his release.We had witnessed
persons being kicked off lunch counter stools, ejected from
churches, and thrown into jail.But for the first time, we witnessed
being kicked out of jail.
18.
Arrested
Dr. King was arrested again and put into jail .
19.
Two great friends
In the picture Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr.
20.
Rosa Parks works as a modist for the white people nearby.She
loves to make beautiful dresses to the ladies of the
neighborhood.
21.
Bus
The real bus is used to be shown at the museum as a part of the
story.
22.
RECOGNITION
President Lindon B. Jonhson and Martin Luther King Jr., were he
receive an honor from the President of the United States.
23. RECOGNITION
King was awarded the American Liberties Medallion by the
American Jewish Committee for his exceptional advancement of the
principles of human liberty.
24.
King is perhaps most famous for hisI Have a Dream speech, given
in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 march on
Washington for jobs and freedom.
25.
Speech
The march demands an end to racial segregation in public
schools.
$2.00 dollars of minimum wages for all workers.
26.
Martin Luther King Jr, is out of jail after 45 days sentenceor
a $178.00 fine.He choose jail.After three days in jail he was
release.
27.
Finally, Mrs. Rosa Parks made the change and thew right to be
treated equal, like the rest of the americans.
28.
Mrs. Parks speaks to an audience expressing her hapiness and
loving to be an american.