Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in the city Atlanta in the US state of Georgia on the 15th of January 1929. King lived in a society and time where segregation and discrimination were not against the law in the United States of America. King, however, was a Baptist minister and worked in a church where he taught the Word of God and turned away from any discrimination that he experienced.
Throughout Martin Luther King’s life, he fought against the discrimination of black people and fought for racial equality. King’s passion for fighting against injustice saw an initial spark when a woman called Rosa Park acted out against discrimination. In 1955, the African-American took a seat on a bus one day and refused to give up her seat to a white person. This occurrence drove King to arrange the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Many white people reacted against King’s drive for anti-discrimination and those protesting for this cause. More reactions included when king, and another leader of this cause, Ralph Abernathy’s houses were both firebombed during a nonviolent protest nearby a bus stop. During this protest, King was also sent to prison and fined $500 for ‘hindering a bus’. A year later in 1956, the boycott ended when The Supreme Court made segregation on buses, illegal and the Civil Rights Movement earned a leader in Martin Luther King.
Martin Luther King, Jr. expressed his vision and goals for a just society free from discrimination and segregation through perhaps one of the most famous speeches of all time, entitled “I have a dream”:
"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the sort of person they are. I have a dream that one day…all God's children, black, white, Jews and Gentiles. Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the black people's old song, Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last!“
Throughout Martin Luther King’s life, he fought against the discrimination of black people and fought for racial equality. King’s passion for fighting against injustice saw an initial spark when a woman called Rosa Park acted out against discrimination. In 1955, the African-American took a seat on a bus one day and refused to give up her seat to a white person. This occurrence drove King to arrange the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Many white people reacted against King’s drive for anti-discrimination and those protesting for this cause. More reactions included when king, and another leader of this cause, Ralph Abernathy’s houses were both firebombed during a nonviolent protest nearby a bus stop. During this protest, King was also sent to prison and fined $500 for ‘hindering a bus’. A year later in 1956, the boycott ended when The Supreme Court made segregation on buses, illegal and the Civil Rights Movement earned a leader in Martin Luther King.
Martin Luther King, Jr. expressed his vision and goals for a just society free from discrimination and segregation through perhaps one of the most famous speeches of all time, entitled “I have a dream”:
"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the sort of person they are. I have a dream that one day…all God's children, black, white, Jews and Gentiles. Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the black people's old song, Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, we are free at last!“