Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a social activist who played a role in American rights movement from 1950, until he was killed in 1968. He was the driving force behind events like the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the march on Washington. He was awarded the Noble Peace prize in 1964; it is remembered each year on Martin Luther King Jr. day. It is a federal holiday since 1986. Martin’s family lived in Montgomery for less than a year when the highly segregated city became the epicenter of Burgeoning struggle for civil rights in America. Martin worked with some civil rights and religious groups to organize the March on Washington for jobs and freedom. The march culminated in Martins famous address, known as the “I have a dream” speech. This speech was not the only speech he made in Lincoln Memorial. In his first speech as the group’s president, Martin said “We have no alternative but to protest. For many years we have been showing an amazing patience. In spring of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. organized a demonstration in …show more content…
speech. This speech the way we live now we all became one. No one is being judged by their color of skin. We all get to come to school together without African Americans being boycotted to a different school just because parents don’t want them near their kinds. We have freedom now, being able to show who we are without having to hide or be scared of being judged by others around them. Martin changed the way people live, think and act. He brought all of us together as a peaceful and freedom nation. When he was killed his family didn’t think that James acted alone. His death affected everyone because he was a great mad who brought peace to the world and brought everyone together as one, where one gets judged by their color or by have they