This book is dedicated to all those who have a dream and aren't afraid to stand up for what is right!

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Martin Luther King Jr.,

a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968.

is for African-American

Martin Luther King Jr. was an advocate for African-Americans. He stood up for his people, and believed that everyone should be treated as equals.

is for Beale Street

MLK Jr. led a protest on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. MLK Jr. went to Memphis to support sanitation workers who were on strike for better work conditions.

is for Change

Martin Luther King Jr. recognized injustices, and wanted a change. He encouraged people to stand up for equality.

is for Dream

MLK Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech was an essential part of the civil rights movement. Thousands of people showed up to support him during this speech.

is for Equality

Martin Luther King believed that everyone should have the same basic human rights and should be treated equally.

is for Freedom

Martin Luther King Jr. believed that everyone should have the same freedoms. He famously said that "Freedom must be demanded by the oppressed".

is for Gandhi

Martin Luther King Jr. learned about Mahatma Gandhi on a trip to India in 1959. King said that Gandhi was a "guiding light" for him and implemented his idea of nonviolence into his own activism.

is for Human Rights

MLK Jr. believed that peace and economic justice were critical to his fight for human rights.

is for Injustice

Martin Luther King Jr. believed that any law that degrades human personality is unjust. Dr. Martin Luther King said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

is for Jail

MLK was arrested almost 30 times fighting for what he believed in. One time, he and Ralph Abernathy were arrested in Birmingham, Alabama for demonstrating without a permit, and he wrote what is now known as his historic “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

is for Knife

A decade before MLK's death, On September 20, 1958, Izola Ware Curry walked into a Harlem department store where King was signing books and asked, “Are you Martin Luther King?” When he replied “yes,” she stabbed him in the chest with a knife. MLK luckily survived and continued practicing nonviolence protests.

is for Lorraine Motel

Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968.

is for Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Montgomery Bus Boycott happened 4 days after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man and was arrested. It was a civil rights protest in which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating.

is for National Holiday

MLK Day is a federal holiday that takes place on the third Monday of each January. MLK Day was designed to honor the activist, whose accomplishments have continued to inspire generations of Americans.

is for Oppression

Oppression is prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control. MLK once said, “Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.”