WHERE WHERE THEY BORN? WHERE DID THEY GROW UP?MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. was born on the 15Th of January 1929 and grew up as a young boy in the Georgian city of Atlanta.
WHAT POSITION(S)/ROLE(S) DID THIS PERSON OCCUPY DURING THEIR LIFETIME? WHERE THEY A MEMBER OF ANY GROUPS?
In 1954 MARTIN LUTHER KING accepted the role of pastor of the DEXTER AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH, KING was also at that time a member of the executive committee
of the advancement of colored people. In 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership conference. He was also the youngest man ever to win the Nobel peace prize.
WHAT ARE THEY MOST REMEMBERED FOR?
LUTHER KING was remembered for his efforts to gain equality for the ''black people'' of America. He dedicated the best years of his to the act of requisition of equal rights for his people. He to a lesser extent was a pastor for his local church but that is not where his legacy lies.
He was many things, a pastor, a Nobel prize winner, but most importantly he was a liberator.
WHAT INFLUENCES SHAPED THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THIS EMINENT PERSON? WHAT SHAPED THEIR ATTITUDES AND VIEWS? WHAT PEOPLE INFLUENCED THEM IN THEIR ADULTHOOD?
In his early childhood his mother was arrested for not departing her seat so that a white passenger could sit down, and in his schooldays he also got in trouble for not getting of the seat for a white person.
On the religious aspect of things both his father and grandfather were pastors which would've highly influenced his religious beliefs. A man by the name of Howard Thurman educated Luther King JR. and his friends, and was a major factor in his fight for civil rights.
Martin Luther King visted Mahatma Ghandi in India in 1959. The trip influenced Luther King in a big way developing his understanding for non-violent resistance and his committment for civil rights.
WHAT VIEWS DID MARTIN LUTHER KING GET ACROSS TO THE WORLD?
MLK conveyed probably one of the most important messages of all: that there is a need for racial equaqlity and that to gain that we needed to get that by peaceful methods ONLY. MLK also preached his views on religion to his fellow church go-ers.
WHY DID HE SPREAD THESE VIEWS?
He spread these views as far and wide as he could because that was what he believed, it was what he dedicated hius whole life to doing. He did it so that he and his fellow African Americans could walk down a street without being prejudiced against.
WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES LED THEM TO BE TOUTED AS A HERO?
There was the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 which led to the abolishment of the Jim Crows laws. There was also the numerous marches he held in different states around the country that went a long way toward gaining equality for his people and there was also countless inspirational speeches that he carried out for his people to help gain awareness for civil rights.
WHAT INFLUENCES/CHANGES DID HE MAKE TO THE CULTURE OF HIS PEOPLE?
He changed the way black people percepted themselves and the way white people percepted them. He helped make people realise that blacks are from the same race as whites, the human race.
WHAT LEGACY DID HE LEAVE BEHIND TO FUTURE GENERATIONS?
I believe the legacy he left behind wasnt just that blacks and whites are equalls, its that no matter how farfetched it might seem its always worth following your dreams!
BIBLIOGRAPHY
www. wikipedia.org/wiki/MLK
nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio
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