Martin Luther King Jr Essay P.2
He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee. Commemorating the life of a tremendously important leader, we celebrate Martin Luther King Day each year on the third Monday in January, the month in which he was born. August 28, the anniversary of Dr. King's 1963 I Have a Dream speech, is called "Dream Day”.
Timeline of Martin Luther King Mr.’s Life:
1929 |
Born on January 15, in Atlanta, Georgia |
1948 |
Graduates from Morehouse College |
1953 |
Marries Coretta Scott |
1955 |
Earns a doctoral degree |
1956 |
Dr. King's house is bombed |
1958 |
Dr. King publishes his first book, Stride Toward Freedom |
1963 |
Dr. King gives his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. |
1964 |
Dr. King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize |
1968 |
Dr. King is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee |
1986 |
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is declared a national holiday in the U.S. |
These are my personal recollections of Dr. King as he spoke in Soldiers Field in Chicago in 1966.I am not sure what prompted my normally over protective mother to allow me to travel by bus to downtown Chicago 45 minutes from my house with Valerie, my best
