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  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    • The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, "King, Martin Luther, Jr."

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  • born 1929-01-15

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    • Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights (1992, p.302)

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  • died 1968-04-04

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    • Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights (1992, p.302)

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  • was a Baptist minister

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    • Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights (1992, p.302)

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    • (Lischer 1997, p. 28)

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  • was an American political activist

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    • "his shift away from classical civil rights issues to social justice causes involving all the nation's poor" (McKnight 1998, p. 4)

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    • "his emphasis shifted away from the struggles of blacks for civil rights and toward ending poverty in America and protesting the war in Vietnam." (Wolfson 2003)

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  • was the most famous leader of the American civil rights movement

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    • "the nation's preeminent civil rights leader." Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights (1992, p.302)

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  • awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964

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    • Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights (1992, p.302)

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    • The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, "King, Martin Luther, Jr."

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    • (Sherby 2002, p. 184)

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  • was assassinated in 1968

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    • Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights (1992, p.302)

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  • was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 by Jimmy Carter

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    • (Bostdorff 2005) citing Wolfson, Adam (2003). "The Martin Luther King we remember". Public Interest (Summer): pp. 212-13. {{cite journal}}: |pages= has extra text (help) the Wolfson article does not mention Carter or the Medal

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  • promoted non-violence

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    • "philosophy of nonviolent resistance" The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, "King, Martin Luther, Jr."

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  • promoted racial equality

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    • (Wolfson 2003)

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  • considered a peacemaker and martyr by many around the world

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  • Martin Luther King Day was established in his honor

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    • The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, "King, Martin Luther, Jr."

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  • most influential and well-known speech is "I Have a Dream"

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    • "His most famous set piece was I Have a Dream" (Lischer 1997, p. 9)

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Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Member Ofristine Williams King" (Sherby 2002, p. 184)

  • birth certificate lists name as "Michael Luther King, Jr."
    • (Lischer 1997, p. 18)
  • B.A., Morehouse College, 1948
    • The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, "King, Martin Luther, Jr."
    • "Morehouse College, GA, A.B., 1948" (Sherby 2002, p. 184)
  • in sociology
    • (Lischer 1997, footnote 33, p. 278)
  • mentored by Benjamin Mays
    • (Lischer 1997, p. 29)
    • (Lischer 1997, p. 148)
    • (Lischer 1997, p. 202)
  • Mays president of Morehouse College
  • Mays a civil rights leader
  • Bachelor of Divinity, Crozer Theological Seminary,Chester, Pennsylvania, 1951
    • The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, "King, Martin Luther, Jr."
    • "Crozer Theological Seminary, PA, B.D." (Sherby 2002, p. 184)
    • "he graduated as valedictorian in 1951" (Wolfson 2003)
  • Ph.D., Boston University, 1955
    • The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, "King, Martin Luther, Jr."
    • "Boston Univ., MA, Ph.D., 1955" (Sherby 2002, p. 184)
  • of systematic theology
    • (Wolfson 2003)
  • married Coretta Scott 1953-06-18
    • (Sherby 2002, p. 184)
  • father performed ceremony at family home in Marion, Alabama
  • daughter Yolanda Denise born 1955-11-17, Montgomery, Alabama(died of H.I.V 1978-3-17 Montgomery, Alabama)
  • son Martin Luther III born 1957-10-23, Montgomery, Alabama
  • son Dexter Scott born 1961-01-30, Atlanta, Georgia
  • daughter Bernice Albertine 1963-03-28, Atlanta, Georgia
  • all threeÁ children civil rights activists
  • opionions and issues differ
  • Coretta Scott King died 2006-01-30

Civil rights activism

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  • became pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, 1953
    • "King arrived in Montgomery in 1954 to assume the pastorate" (Lischer 1997, p. 73)
  • at the age of 24
  • most distinquished black church in Montgomery, Alabama
    • (Lischer 1997, p. 73)
  • Rosa Parks arrested 1955-12-1
  • for refusing to comply with law requiring her to give up seat to a white man
  • Mongomery Bus Boycott soon followed
  • lasted 382 days
  • situation became tense
  • King's house was bombed
  • King arrested during boycott
  • Boycott ended with U.S. Supreme Court decision
  • outlawed racial segregation on intrastate buses and all public transport
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