Martin Luther King Jr. fought against racial segregation in the United States through non-violent protests and civil rights movements. He led the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama and organized the March on Washington where he delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. Though he faced threats and was assassinated in 1968, King's message of equality and non-violence had a profound impact on dismantling segregation laws and advancing civil rights in America.

1. MLK against segregation in USA

2. Segregation on History
Civil war: Northern States vs. Southern
●
States due to the conflict of the abolishment of
slavery.
● Northern States won and 14th amendment
was passed and slavery finished.

3. Separate but equal
● This legal doctrine meant that colored people
had the same rights but they couldn't mix
with white people.
● Really, colored people were treated as if they
were a lower class.

4. Non-conformist
● Silent Parade in 1917: movement protest the
violence on anti-black riots in Illinois
● Bus boycott in 1955: protest the segregation in
public transport.
● Washington March in 1963

5. Standing up by sitting
● Rosa Parks refused to leave her seat to a white
man and she went to jail.
● Civil rights demonstrators started a bus
boycott that lasted 381 days.

6. Step by step
● Because of these movements, the Supreme
Court declared the segragation in public
transport unconstitutional.
● This was an important steps to reach
equality, regardless color.

7. Discovering a national hero
● He was born in
January,15 1929 in
Alabama, on the
southeast of the
United States

8. His models
● He was the first son
of Martin Luther
King Sr and Alberta
Williams King. His
father was a baptist
pastor and his mother
was schoolteacher.

9. Living segregation
● In his youth, he
experienced the
segregation himself.
● At six , two children
told him that they
couldn’t play with
him because he was
colored.

10. Formation
● He started school at
5, at 18 he entered at
Morehouse College.
He studied theology
and sociology. He also
obtained the
doctorate in
Philosophy.

11. Baptist Minister
● In 1954, he became
pastor of Dexter
Avenue Baptist
Church in
Montgomery,
Alabama.
● He's been always a
strong fighter for civil
rights for members of
his race

12. August 28th, 1963
● 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.

13. April 3rd, 1968
● Because I've been to the mountaintop.
I don't mind. Like anybody, I would
like to live a long life; longevity has
its place. But I'm not concerned about
that now. I just want to do God's will.
And He's allowed me to go up to the
mountain. And I've looked over. And
I've seen the Promise land.

14. King and Gandhi
● He fought for the
human rights. He
inspired in Mahatma
Gandhi and about
the civil disobedience
of Henry David
Thoreau.

15. Enemies
Because of the
●
Boycott, the
situation became so
tense that King's
house was bombed. He
was arrested during
this campaing.

16. Shotdown
● At 6:01 p.m., April 4,
1968, a shot rang out as
Martin stood on the
motel's balcony. His
murder was James Earl
Ray, a white
segregationist.

17. Nobel Peace Prize
● On October 14, 1964, King
became the youngest
recipient of the Nobel Peace
Prize, which was awarded
to him for leading non-
violent resistance to racial
prejudice in the U.S

18. Leaving a mark
After Martin
●
Luther King's death
many people were
shocked and blacks
started riots in many
American cities.
● Nowadays, colored
people live in
complete equality.

19. MLK day
● Martin Luther King
Jr.'s day is celebrated
to honour this
national hero and
the labour he did
fighting for Civil
rights and equality.

20. MADE BY:
Elvira Jiménez
and
Javier Vázquez