The history and life of Martin Luther and who Martin Luther is

1. Martin Luther King Day is an annual day in the United States and a federal holiday,
commemorated by leader and political activist Martin Luther King, and marks the
Congress announced
ry each year, the same day as his birth.
third Monday of Janua
in 1994 calling on Americans of all stripes and segments to volunteer their time and
effort to help realize King's vision of a "society of lovers."
Martin Luther King Day
Start
2 November 1983, 20 January 1986
Annual Day
Third two in January
He celebrates the lives and achievements of Martin Luther King, a prominent leader
in American civil rights and best known for his campaigns to end racial discrimination
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
and racial equality in the United States.
in public transport
is a public holiday for all residents, schools and most businesses are closed, this day
It is seen as
is a relatively new federal holiday, and there are old and long traditions.
promote equal rights for all Americans regardless of their background.
a day to
Some educational institutions are now privileged to teach their pupils or students
about Martin Luther King's work and the struggle against racial discrimination and
years, federal legislation has encouraged Americans to give some
In recent
racism.
of their time on this day as volunteers in citizens' working groups.
About King's Life
King participated in and led rallies for black people's right to vote, the abolition of
In 1955 King led
ers' rights and other fundamental civil rights.
apartheid, work
Montgomery County Buses and later became the first president of the Southern
As SCLC president, he led the
Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).
gia, and helped organize some 1963
unsuccessful Albany Movement in Albany, Geor
King helped organize the 1963 march
nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama.
in Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps
of the Lincoln Memorial.
Conference put into practice nonviolent protest
The Southern Christian Leadership
tactics with some success by strategically selecting the methods and places where
There have been many dramatic confrontations with
the protests were carried out.
FBI Director J Edgar
mes turned violent.
the apartheid authorities, which have someti
.
Hoover King considered radical and made him a target for COIN

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