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  Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
King was born in Atlanta, Georgia to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr.
King was an adherent of the philosophies of nonviolent civil disobedience used successfully in India by Mahatma Gandhi, and he applied this philosophy to the protests organized by the SCLC.
King and the SCLC were instrumental in the unsuccessful protest movement in Albany, in 1961–1962, where divisions within the fl community and the canny, low-key response by local government defeated efforts; in the Birmingham protests in the summer of 1963; and in the protest in St.
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 Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
King was arrested during this campaign, which ended with a (The highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation) United States Supreme Court decision outlawing (Segregation by race) racial segregation on intrastate buses.
King and the SCLC applied the principles of nonviolent protest with astonishing success by choosing the method of protest, and the places in which protests were carried out, in order to provoke the harshest and most shocking retaliation from racist authorities.
King had a mutually antagonistic relationship with the (A federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), especially its director, (United States lawyer who was director of the FBI for 48 years (1895-1972)) J.
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 Encyclopedia: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yolanda D. King (born November 17, 1955) is the first-born daughter of Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957, Montgomery, Alabama) is the son of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. William F. Pepper was the attorney for James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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 A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
King was ordained as a Baptist minister and received his B.A. degree in Sociology from Morehouse College in June at the age of 19.
King marched on the issue for open housing in Chicago and was stoned by an angry crowd on August 6, 1966.
Dr. King was the catalyst for the removal of this loathsome status.
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 Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Biographical Sketch
Martin Luther King, Jr., was the first son and second child born to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King.
Martin Luther King entered the Christian ministry and was ordained in February 1948 at the age of nineteen at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia.
King was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, by James Earl Ray.
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 The King Center
King’s funeral services were held on April 9, 1968 at Ebenezer Baptist Church and on the campus of Morehouse College, with the President of the United State proclaiming a day of mourning and flags being flown at half-staff.
Alberta Williams King, the mother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot and killed as she sat at the organ in the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
King’s speech at the March on Washington in 1963, along with his acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize, and his final sermon in Memphis are among his most famous utterances.
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 Martin Luther King - Biography
Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B. degree in 1948 from Morehouse College, a distinguished Negro institution of Atlanta from which both his father and grandfather had been graduated.
In 1954, Martin Luther King accepted the pastorale of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize.
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 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Roz Fruchtman Remembers!
Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta, Ga., on Jan. 15, 1929.
King wrote, "I came to feel that this was the only morally and practically sound method open to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom." He became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala., in 1954.
King believed that the boycott proved that "there is a new Negro in the South, with a new sense of dignity and destiny." In 1957 King became the youngest recipient of the Spingarn Medal, an award presented annually to an outstanding fl person by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the Net - The Story of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
King and the SCLC organized drives for African-American voter registration, desegregation, and better education and housing throughout the South.
King was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as someone who "had contributed the most to the furtherance of peace among men." Dr. King would divide the prize money, $54,000, among various civil rights organizations
King believed that the United States involvement in Vietnam was also a factor and that the war poisoned the atmosphere of the whole country and made the solution of local problems of human relations unrealistic
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 Gale - Free Resources - Black History - Biographies - Martin Luther King, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
King studied in the public schools of Atlanta, spent time at the Atlanta Laboratory School until it closed in 1942, and then entered public high school in the tenth grade, skipping a grade.
King was in Atlanta when five bombs went off at parsonages and churches in Montgomery in the early morning of January 10, 1957.
Edgar Hoover was determined to discredit King; in November of 1964 the FBI sent King a tape of one of his encounters with another woman, along with a note recommending suicide.
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 King, Martin Luther, Jr. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The son of the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, King became (1954) minister of the Dexter Ave.
King organized the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), which gave him a base to pursue further civil-rights activities, first in the South and later nationwide.
King’s leadership in the civil-rights movement was challenged in the mid-1960s as others grew more militant.
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 TIME 100: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Three decades after King was gunned down on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tenn., he is still regarded mainly as the fl leader of a movement for fl equality.
It is only because of King and the movement that he led that the U.S. can claim to be the leader of the "free world" without inviting smirks of disdain and disbelief.
Before King and his movement, a tired and thoroughly respectable Negro seamstress like Rosa Parks could be thrown into jail and fined simply because she refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus so a white man could sit down.
www.time.com /time/time100/leaders/profile/king.html   (572 words)

  
 Martin Luther King, Jr. - EnchantedLearning.com
Martin Luther King, Jr., was a great man who worked for racial equality and civil rights in the United States of America.
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
A fill-in-the-blanks quiz on Martin Luther King Jr.
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 Dr. Martin Luther King   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This is a homage to Dr. King by the union of Memphis garbage workers whose strike Dr. King was supporting when he was assissinated.
Words to the speech by Dr. King on April 4, 1967 at the Riverside Church in NY City, in which he outlines his clear opposition to the Vietnam War.
King left us a clear critique of the American social and economic system, one which explains the problems we face today.
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 Celebrate! Holidays In The U.S.A. - Dr. Martin Luther King Day
It was December, 1955, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
was at the front of the "March on Washington." On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial that day, Dr. King delivered a speech that was later entitled "I Have a Dream." The March was one of the largest gatherings of fl and white people that the nation's capital had ever seen...
In 1970, she established the Martin Luther King Jr.
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 Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site (National Park Service)
Martin Luther King in an upstairs bedroom of 501 Auburn Avenue, in Atlanta, Georgia.
The couple named their first son after Rev. King, but he was simply called "M.L." by the family.
It was to Ebenezer Baptist Church that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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 Sheryl's Holiday Site: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project at Stanford University
This one-of-a-kind profile uses rare footage and photos to show how King's ideas and views adapted to the rapidly changing climate of the Civil Rights Movement.
For many Americans born in the late '60s and after, the civil rights movement is likely defined through grainy images of Rosa Parks, MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, and segregated schools.
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 The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: An Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The events surrounding Martin Luther King's death remain controversial to this day, nearly 30 years after the fact.
But perhaps more controversial than the facts of the case itself is the apparent lack of continued public outrage over the loose investigation and conflicting evidence regarding the shooting.
This ParaScope special report investigates the mysterious circumstances surrounding King's death, examining a bewildering and contradictory tapestry of unsettling evidence.
www.parascope.com /mx/luther1.htm   (158 words)

  
 American Rhetoric: Martin Luther King, Jr. - "I Have a Dream"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Isaiah 40:4-5 (King James Version of the Holy Bible).
Quotation marks are excluded from part of this moment in the text because King's rendering of Isaiah 40:4 does not precisely follow the KJV version from which he quotes (e.g., "hill" and "mountain" are reversed in the KJV).
King's rendering of Isaiah 40:5, however, is precisely quoted from the KJV.
www.americanrhetoric.com /speeches/Ihaveadream.htm   (1696 words)

  
 MLK Day of Service
During his lifetime, Dr. King sought to forge the common ground on which people from all walks of life could join together to address important community issues.
Working alongside individuals of all ages, races and backgrounds, Dr. King encouraged Americans to come together to strengthen communities, alleviate poverty, and acknowledge dignity and respect for all human beings.
As they have since 1995, hundreds of thousands of Americans will remember Dr. King by participating in service projects in their communities.
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 Martin Luther King, Jr.
On January 16, 2006, United States citizens will celebrate a national holiday commemorating the life and achievements of civil rights leader Dr.
Click on the links below for more information on the life of King and other important civil rights leaders.
The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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 Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes - The Quotations Page
All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.
I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
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 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
his biographical exhibit focuses on the background and philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and examines the people, events and teachings that influenced him, his actions and beliefs.
It highlights his contributions to the civil rights movement, the evolution of his ideas and motivations, and what his life and teachings meant to people, both fl and white, during his lifetime and after.
Text to Dr. King's famous speech, "I Have A Dream."
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 Martin Luther King, Jr. - EnchantedLearning.com
Young Martin was an excellent student in school.
He participated in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott and many other peaceful demonstrations that protested the unfair treatment of African-Americans.
Commemorating the life of a tremendously important leader, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day each year in January.
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 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. @Web English Teacher
Using the book Martin's Big Words and other resources, students in grades 3-5 explore information on King's "big" words then choose one of two options: (1) they write about their own "big" words and dreams in stapled or stitched books, or (2) they construct found poems using an excerpt from one of King's speeches.
Students will study the text and discuss the rhetorical influences on King's speech, the oratorical devices that King uses in delivering his speech and how a speech is similar to/different from other literary forms.
Students use a fill-in-the-blanks work sheet to write speeches that imitate the form and content of Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
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 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the Net - Welcome
I have a dream that one day little fl boys and fl girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers
t is a time for the nation to remember the injustices that Dr. King fought.
A time to remember his fight for the freedom, equality, and dignity of all races and peoples.
www.holidays.net /mlk   (328 words)

  
 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/Black History Month
Papers Projects at Stanford University, the King Estate, the King Center, and a listing of other related web sites.
History of the National Martin Luther King, Jr.
Site that includes history on Dr. King, media information, and info on current and past celebrations in his honor including dates, locations, and times.
www.lib.lsu.edu /hum/mlk   (232 words)

  
 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library - SJLibrary.org
Welcome to the largest, all-new library west of the Mississippi, an innovative collaboration which has created an invaluable community resource open and free to all.
A feast for the mind, as well as the eyes, the King Library boasts a collection of roughly 1.5 million items as well as delightful public art installations awaiting your discovery on every floor.
Note: King Library General Collections and Reference units are
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 WebQuest for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Use this Web site to help you answer these questions about Dr. King.
When Martin became a pastor, where was his church?
What was the famous speech that Martin gave in Washington, DC?
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