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Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is unarguably the most famous civil rights

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Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is unarguably the most famous civil rights activist in American history. His story and legacy is taught in classrooms across the country. From birth to death, Dr. King impacted the lives of many people and changed the roles of society forever. Dr. King had one big dream and what shaped his dream begins in Atlanta,, Georgia, and ends in Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born into a loving and caring family on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. As an African American, he attended many segregated public schools before quitting high school to attend college. In 1944, at the age of 15, King enrolled at Morehouse College in his hometown of Atlanta. Initially, his primary …show more content…

Martin Luther King, Jr.). In 1957, Dr. King and other civil rights activists formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). This group was formed to help African Americans conduct non-violent protests for civil rights reform. One of the most famous protests by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference occurred in Birmingham, Alabama in April 1963. His intentions with this movement were to provoke mass arrests and draw attention using public media. Footage of Birmingham Police Department’s brutality towards the protesters was broadcast across the country and shocked many white Americans. This movement caused an increase of support from African Americans to Dr. King and the SCLC’s actions. This protest along with many others often ended with King being arrested or jailed. King is known for his highly famous “I Have a Dream” speech that was given on August 28, 1963 as part of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Televised from stations nation wide, his speech was so powerful that it is remembered as one of the greatest speeches of the 20th Century (Martin Luther King, Jr.). The most famous lines from this speech read: “…I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. 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

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