Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
He was an African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Dr King's Life
- 1929 - He was born in Atlanta Georgia
- 1951 - He attended Boston University
- 1955 - He led the Montgomery bus boycott
- 1964 - He won a Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through non-violent resistance
- 1968 - He was assassinated
"Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education." Martin Luther King Jr. wrote this in the "The Purpose of Education," a 1947 article for Morehouse College's student newspaper.
-- Dr King