2. Introduction
Martin Luther King is probably the most famous person associated with the
civil rights movement.King was active from the start of the Montgomery Bus
Boycott of 1955 to 1956 until his murder in April 1968. If he didn't speak out
to the world then this planet would be full of discrimination and todays
society wouldn’t be how it is.
“ A man who won't die for something is not fit to live”
3. Martin Luther King
He was born on January 15th 1929 in Atlanta,Georgia.
His name was originally Michael King Jr but he later
changed his name to Martin Luther King Jr.During
his school life he skipped 9th and 12th grade and
entered college at the age of 15.
4. Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Boycott,in which African Americans refused to ride city
buses in Montgomery,Alabama it took place from December 5 1955 to
December 20th 1956.On December 1 1955 four days before the boycott
began, Rosa parks, an african american refused to give her seat to a white
man on a Montgomery bus. She was arrested and fined.And then the boycott
leader a young pastor called Martin Luther King emerged and that was the
start of his inspirational story.
5. How is Martin Luther king an inspiration to Christians
today?
Martin Luther king was inspired by the non violent
teaching of Gandhi in India.But how was Mr King jr an
inspiration to christians in today's society?
Well his determination in changing the world is the
reason.He protested his entire life to change the world
forever.
