During the time period in which Dr. King lived, he accomplished many feats, but in his youth, African Americans were not granted the same rights as we are today. The laws did little to nothing, as far as protecting the black community. For Dr. King, the effects of racism weren’t as prominent, seeing as he grew up in a comfortable, middle class family, shielded from racism. His father was the reverend of a church called, the Southern Black Ministry. He (Dr. King) had ended up succeeding his father as pastor of the church. Growing up in an equality based household most likely led King to do the great things that had a major effect on the future. Dr. King accomplished many great things in his lifetime that still have an impact on present day. …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on August 28,1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. King was one of the more, popular civil rights activist of his time. He dedicated an enormous part his life to the non violent civil rights movement. He is widely known for his “I Have a Dream Speech”, in which more than 200,000 people came to watch and listen to. Later in his life, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, for all of the major contributions he had made in his previous years. On April 4, 1968, he was shot and killed, in a motel by a man named James Earl Ray. One of Dr. King’s first greatest accomplishments was the letter from Birmingham jail. In Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, King’s campaign to end segregation, drew nationwide attention when many policemen used and fire hoses and police dogs against the demonstrators. Dr. King was jailed along with large numbers of his supporters, including hundreds of children that were there supporting him. From the Birmingham jail, King wrote a letter of powerful words, in which he spelled out his thoughts of