Martin Luther King Jr.

(not so) Fun Fact

• A big secret that was kept a secret since King didn't want his kids to do it as well was smoking

Martin Luther King Jr.

• King would smoke quite often and on the day he was killed he was on the balcony smoking when he got shot

Death

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• Sadly in 1968 he was murdered on the balcony outside his second-story motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee.

• He was shot by a man named James Earl Ray

Attempts to death (cont.)

• In 1956 segregationist tried to bomb his house but he wasn’t there at that time

• It was his house in Montgomery, Alabama

Attempts to death

• Surprisingly many people have tried to murder King

• A woman named Izola Curry stabbed him once when he was in a Harlem book signing

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• She had mental problems and to this day they still don’t know why she attacked him but they believe that it's just because of her issues

Fun Fact

• King Jr. skipped two grades in high school, 9th and 11th, and entered college at the age of 15

• By 19, he received a bachelor’s degree in sociology

Nobel Peace Prize (cont.)

• This allowed him to prove that african-americans aren’t worthless and that they all can do something unlike how people used to think of them as just another number

Final Days Quote

• The last couple sentences that King ever said in his last speech “I have been to the mountaintop” were “And I've looked over. And I've seen the Promised Land. 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! And so I'm happy, tonight. I'm not worried about anything. I'm not fearing any man! Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord!!”

(not so) Fun Fact

Final Days

• This is proof that everything is possible, no matter what skin color, gender, or anything else

• When King was killed he wasn't the only one to die in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968

• King’s last days were definitely spent well. He spent his last days in Memphis, Tennessee.

• Lorraine Bailey ( the one the hotel was named after) when she saw him get shot she had a heart attack.

• When he was in Tennessee he was working for the justice of for union workers. The day before his assassination he gave his famous “I have been to the mountaintop ” speech.

Peace (cont.)

Nobel Peace Prize

• “Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.” is one of the quotes he said about how peace is stronger than violence.

• King won a nobel peace prize in 1964 for encouraging to remain positive and peaceful.

• This proves that he wanted it to be peaceful because if they attacked them and started a war then their would have been forever resentment against the opposing side and all would remain the same

• He deserves this for his nonviolent resistance that he kept throughout the whole time of racial injustice

Fun Fact

• At 35 years of age he was the youngest colored person to receive the award and the 3rd african-american to receive one

• His name was originally Michael, not Martin. His father was also Michael King, hence why he was originally named Michael King Jr.

What he did (cont.)

• "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." said King

Peace

• King always encouraged that they don’t go to war and remain peaceful

• It’s a great way to learn to work together instead of against each other and that violence actually doesn't solve anything

• This contributes to the civil rights movement because it shows how everyone is equal and everyone even through skin color is still the same.

What he did

• Activists choose Martin Luther King Jr. as the protests leader and official spokesman, for the Montgomery bus boycott

• King participated in peaceful protest and he gave his famous "I Have a Dream'' speech

Who he was

• King was born on January 15, 1929

• King died April 4, 1968

• King was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement