Martin Luther King Jr Biography

The most important voice ever heard, the man of nonviolence, and the one who changed it all. Martin luther king jr. was his name. King was born to his parents Martin luther king Sr and Alberta williams king who already had his older sister named Christine King Farris and his younger brother A. D. King. From the beginning everyone who knew King knew he was going to be something special.

From the age of three King had a white playmate who was about his age. They always would play their childhood games together. The boy did not live in Kings community, but he was usually around every day, The boys father owned a store across the street from Kings home. One day the boy told king that his father had demanded that he would play with him anymore. King didn’t really understand this so. But knew this was wrong (U.s History)

Long after this event he organized the bus boycott, King formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which dedicated itself to the advancement of rights for African Americans. In April 1963, King organized a protest in Birmingham, Alabama, a city King called 'the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States.

When the marches started the marchers faced attacks by the police. Tear gas, cattle prods, and billy clubs fell on the peaceful demonstrators. Public opinion weighed for the most part on the side of King and the protesters. Finally, President Johnson ordered the National Guard to protect the demonstrators from attack, and King was able to complete the long march from Selma to the state capital of Montgomery. The action in Selma led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

One of the biggest marches ever was the march on washington The march made specific demands to end to racial segregation in public school, meaningful civil rights legislation, including a law prohibiting racial discrimination in employment, protection of civil rights workers from police brutality a $2 minimum wage for all workers and self-government for Washington, D.C., then governed by congressional committee Despite tensions, the march was a resounding success.

More than a quarter of a million people of diverse ethnicities attended the event, sprawling from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial onto the National Mall and around the reflecting pool. At the time, it was the largest gathering of protesters in Washington, D.C.'s history.King delivered a 17-minute speech, later known as 'I Have a Dream'. In the speech's most famous passage, in which he departed from his prepared text, possibly at the prompting of Mahalia Jackson, who shouted behind him

In conclusion martin luther king really impacted the 1960s in many ways by, martches nonviolence and speaking out.   

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