2. Studies
He was so clever, so he skipped two grades
in high school and started his college
education at Morehouse College when he
was 15.
3. He got his degree in sociology from Morehouse, and
later he also got his doctor's degree in theology from
Boston University
4. His family
Martin's dad was minister, and inspired
Martin's carreer. He had a younger
brother and an older sister.
In 1953 he married Coretta Scott. Later
they had four children.
5. Segregation – The main problem
People were very racist, so MLK
was protesting against that.
White people treat black people
like if they were from a lower
class.
6. Segregation in transport
One day, Rosa Parks, a black
woman, was sitting in a bus,
and he refused to leave the
seat to the white man, and he
went to jail. The bus boycott
started, with MLK's help.
7. Bus boycott
It was a political and social
protest that began in 1955 in
Montgomery, Alabama,
intended to oppose the policy
of racial segregation in the
public transport system. It
was just a step to avoid the
racism.
8. MLK Speeches
Apart from demonstrations, MLK did
some speeches,but the most important
one was in Washington on August 28,
1963, when he uttered the phrase that
everyone now recognizes "I Have A
Dream", and also made the
pronouncements in another speech the
day before he died.
9. I HAVE A DREAM
I Have a Dream was and is one of
the most popular sentences
pronunciated in this world and this
sentence was pronunciated in the
speech of Martin Luther King that
shocked thousands of people.
10. The topic of this speech was, that all the
humans have the same rights, without
depending on their skin colour.
11. MLK and Gandhi
Gandhi was a great influece on Martin
Luther King Jr. as this philosophy had as
"the principle of non-violence" or resistance
by force.
12. Martin Luther King Jr. became interested in the
philosophical principle of Gandhi when he
performed his graduate studies at Boston
University.
13. The nobel prize
After all the movements against
racial discrimination through non-
violent means, he was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
14. Four years later, at a time when his work was
based mainly on opposition to the war and the
fight against poverty.
15. How did he died?
At 6:00 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther
King Jr. was standing on the balcony of his
hotel room in Memphis.
One minute later he was shot.
16. When did he died?
Martin Luther King, Jr. was pronounced dead
at 7:05 p.m. He was 39 years old. June 10 of
that year, James Earl Ray was arrested and
charged with the crime.
17. MLK day
Martin Luther King Jr.'s day is celebrated in honour to
this national hero and the labour he did fighting for Civil
rights and equality.
18. What do we have to do
- End wars.
- Achieving equal rights
- That there was hunger
in the world.
-That there were no poor
country
