Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta in 1929. He was a prominent leader in the American civil rights movement and fought for racial equality and desegregation non-violently. In 1955, he led the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lasted 385 days to protest segregation on buses. He delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 calling for racial equality. King received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his work fighting racism through non-violent protest. He was assassinated in Memphis in 1968 while supporting a strike by black sanitation workers.

1. MARTIN LUTHER KING,JUNIOR WAS
BORN ON 15 JANUARY 1929 IN
ATLANTA.

2. Martin Luther King was an American
clergyman , activist and prominent leader in
the African-American civil right movements .
He isn’t a violent activist.
MLK and Nixon defend Rosa Parks who fight
against segregations by refusing to leave her
seat to a white man. MLK and Nixon led
Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955.The boycott
lasted 385 days .

3. He pronounced a famous speech on August 28th,
1963 in front of the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington during the walking for the
employment and the freedom:
" I Have a Dream ".
He is supported by John F. Kennedy in the fight
against the racial segregation in the United States.

4. Martin Luther King became the youngest Nobel
Peace Prize in 1964.He struggle for no violence
against the racial segregation and for the peace.
He began then a campaign against the Vietnam
War and the poverty.

5. Martin fought with Southern Christian Leadership
Conference(SCLC) the racism, the segregation but
also the struggle against poverty.
In the end of March 1968, Martin Luther King moved
to Memphis to support the local black dustmen.

6. Since 1986, the Martin Luther King Day is a
federal holiday in the United States.