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Martin Luther King
Introduction
Martin Luther King tried to get the same rights for black people and white people because the whites had more rights than the blacks. Lots of the public turned up to see him give a speech about the equal rights. Some people didn’t agree with what he thought so he got shot.
His Early Life
Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta Georgia January 1929. At the age of 18 (1947) he became assistant pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. When he was 26 he received a PhD (doctor of philosophy) in theology from Boston University in 1955. In January 1956 his house got bombed for the first time, he was only 27.
His Later Life
When he was 29 he published “Stride Towards Freedom” which was a document all about the Montgomery bus boycott. He also survived a knife attack. At the age of 32 he joined protesters in Albany, Georgia and was jailed several times. A year later he met President Kennedy to talk about civil rights. When he was 34 he made his “I have a dream” speech at the March on Washington attended by about 250,000 supporters. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 35. 4 years later he was assassinated in Memphis.
Conclusion
Although he didn’t change the law to make rights more equal during his lifetime, he set a good example to others to treat people the same.
By Holly and Ellie
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