Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist who played a major role in the Civil Rights Movement from the mid-1950s until his death in 1968. His dedication to peacefully protesting for equality and civil rights has left a monumental impact on African American citizens in this country.

This book will highlight important moments of

Martin Luther King Jr.'s life so that you can better understand what he did for the Civil

Rights Movement.

Hello! My name is Martin Luther King Jr. I was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929.

My dad is Martin Luther King Sr., a pastor, and my mom is Alberta Williams King, a former school teacher.

I have 2 siblings.

I graduated from Booker T. Washington High

School in 1944 and started attending college,

at the age of 15!

Who Is Martin Luther King Jr. ?

I was ordained a minister at age 19 in 1948.

A couple of years later, in 1953, I married

Coretta Scott and we moved to Montgomery,

Alabama.

We went on to have 4 children Yolanda

Denise King, Martin Luther King III, Dexter

Scott King, and Bernice Albertine King.

In 1955, my friend Rosa Parks was arrested

for not giving up her seat on a bus.

I was elected president of the Montgomery

Improvement Association (MIA), making me

the spokesperson for the boycott against

buses and the segregation that occurred on

them.

I would later form the Southern Christian

Leadership Conference (SCLC) to achieve civil

rights and fight segregation.

The boycott ended when the Supreme Court

ruled that segregation was illegal but my

fight for equality did not stop there.

I became an activist, pursuing equal rights

and justice for the harm inflicted on the

African American people in the South.

I led many peaceful protests. Marching in the

streets and participating in sit-ins are ways of

protesting that do not involve fighting or

violence.