Martin Luther king
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday was first observed as a national holiday in 1986. However, his life had become a fixed part of American mythology for years prior to this. Indeed, to many African Americans whose rights he helped expand, to many other minorities whose lives his victories touched, and to many whites who welcomed the changes his leadership brought, King's life seemed mythological even as he lived it. He is celebrated as a hero not only for the concrete legislation he enabled, but for his articulation of dreams and hopes shared by many during an era of upheaval and change.
What was Martin Luther king Ideology?
The episodes immediately following met with less success, but nonetheless provided King with the opportunity to refine his protest strategies. Then, in 1963, King and the SCLC joined a campaign in Birmingham, Alabama, to end segregation there and to force downtown businesses to employ blacks. Peaceful protests were met by fire-hoses and attack-dogs wielded by local police. Images of this violence, broadcast on national news, provoked outrage, and this reaction created a political atmosphere in which strong federal civil rights legislation could gain favor and passage, and the next year President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Meanwhile the SCLC, under King, was repeating the tactics of Birmingham in Selma, Alabama, this time for the sake of African American voter registration. Once again, images of the police brutality directed at the protest enabled the passage of federal legislation, this time the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
He first becomes prominent in 1955 organizing a boycott of the transit system over the jailing of Rosa Parks ( The company went Bankrupt)
Becomes unofficial leader of the black protest movement
advocated peaceful demonstrations
blacks saw their cause gaining sympathy when they were shown to be beaten by police on T.V
Made famous, "I have a dream" speech in Washington in 1963
Awarded Nobel peace prize in 1967
Assassinated in 1968
Becomes unofficial leader of the black protest movement
advocated peaceful demonstrations
blacks saw their cause gaining sympathy when they were shown to be beaten by police on T.V
Made famous, "I have a dream" speech in Washington in 1963
Awarded Nobel peace prize in 1967
Assassinated in 1968