1. Leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950’s and 60’s
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950’s and 60’s

2. King Facts
*Born in Atlanta, Georgia, 1929 *Attended Ebenezer Baptist Church *Morehouse College, doctorate from Boston University *Married Coretta Scott, Had 4 children, 2 girls and 2 boys *Became Baptist minister: pastor of Dexter Baptist Church, 1954

3. Civil Rights Movement 1955, Montgomery, Alabama
Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus
Dr. King led the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Blacks refused to ride the bus until the company agreed
to let them sit anywhere. Everyone walked to work, shop, and school.
After 1 year, they won.

4. Marches How did the Civil Rights Movement work?
People held marches, boycotts, and sit-ins.
Marches
People got together and led a long parade through the streets
in order to protest. They wanted to bring attention to injustice (things that were
wrong). For example, blacks and whites could not play together, go to school
together, eat in the same restaurant, or have the same jobs.

5. Sit-ins
Sometimes, black people would go and sit down in a restaurant
where the people refused to serve them. The police would be
called. Many people went to jail because they stood up for what was right.

6. *Peaceful Protest in Gadsden
June 21, 1963
*Peaceful Protest in Gadsden

8. Part of MLK’s Speech in Gadsden

9. Birmingham Children’s Crusade
Children’s Crusade of 1963 (TV-14; 4:12) From May 2 to May 5, 1963, thousands of children left their schools in Birmingham, Alabama, to march for civil rights. Police officers responded by using water cannons and dogs to attack and then arrest the children

10. March on Washington, Aug. 1963
Attended by 250,000 people in the struggle for freedom.
Dr. King made a famous speech.

11. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.
Excerpt from the “I Have a Dream Speech” by Dr. King, 1963,
given at the March on Washington.

12. Civil Rights Act, July 2,1964 signed by President Johnson
Ended racial discrimination. People would be allowed to have the right to vote, go to school together, eat in the same restaurants, get good jobs, and be friends. This was a day of celebration.

13. Nobel Peace Prize October 1964
Dr. King showed the world the power of nonviolent social change.
People could make things better without fighting and killing each other.

14. King was assasinated on April 4, 1968 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.

15. Martin Luther King, Jr. - January 15th National Holiday-Pres
Martin Luther King, Jr. - January 15th National Holiday-Pres. Reagan,1983(bill signed)
King’s birthday was first observed as a holiday in We have no school on this day.