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Martin Luther King

1 Timeline
2 General
3 Southern Christian Leadership Conference
4 „I Have a Dream“
Reference

1 Timeline
Born: 15 January 1929 in Atlanta
Shot and killed: 4 April 1968

Michael Luther King then Martin Luther King
1948 appointed (ernennen) to serve (dienen) as the assistant at Ebenezer Baptist church in Atlanta
1953 married Coretta Scott
1954 appointed pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Alabama
1958 meets the president Eisenhower
1961 meets with president Kennedy to gain (gewinnen) his support (Unterstützung) for the civil rights movement
1963 speaks his famous „ I Have a Dream“ speech
10 December 1964 wins the noble Peace Price
1968 last speech „I‘ve been to the Mountaintop“

2 General
Worked for racial equality
Movement: African- American Civil (staatlich) Rights Movement and Peace Movement
Major organization: Southern Christian Leadership (Führung) Conference
Notable (bemerkenswerte) Prizes:
- 1964 Nobel Peace prize
- 1977 Presidential Medal of freedom
- 2004 Congressional Gold Medal
Religion: Baptist
Influences: Jesus Christ, Howard Thurman …
Influenced: Coretta Scott King, Jesse Jackson

3 Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
1957 King was active in the SCLC
Protests against discrimation
Advocated (befürworten) non-violent direct action based on the methods of Gandhi

4 „I Have a Dream“
Given in front of the Lincoln Memorial during 1963 (Aug. 28) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
One of the finest speeches in the history of American oratory
Hopes for freedom and equality (Gleichberechtigung) for all people in america

Pictures Reference
Wikipedia.org/martin luther king
Afroamhistory.about.com/cs/martinlutherking/a/timeline_mlk.htm
Google.de/images/martin luther king

Tomb (Grabmahl)
Coretta Scott

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