1. Martin Luther King, Junior., who fought and helped the Civil Rights Movement of the U.S. to pass in 1964, was a black leader from Atlanta, Georgia.
2. His work helped all black American for having equal treatment between white and black people.
3. He was born in January 15, 1929.
4. He graduated Ph.D. in Systematic Theology at Boston University in 1955.
5. He was a Christian leader who had the concept of only non-violence and peace protest for fighting Civil Rights.
6. He was arrested in Alabama while he was a leader of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955.
7. “I have a dream” was King’s famous speech, while he was speaking to the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28th, 1963.
8. The Civil Rights act was passed by King in 1964.
9. He received 3 awards which were Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977, and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004.
10. In 1968, King was assassinated by James Earl Ray while he was standing on his balcony at his motel room. he was only 35 years old.
11. Martin Luther King’s National holiday is observed on the third Monday of every January.