Martin Luther King Junior

He was a Baptist Minister or clergyman. He was one of the youngest civil rights activist in his time, leading the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott in America and, helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. His most remembered accomplishment was when he led the 1963 March on Washington, where millions of people, black and white, heard him deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech. That speech raised public awareness of the civil rights movement which also helped in establishing him as one of the greatest orators in the history of the U.S. King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1964. This was for his work to end racial discrimination and racial segregation through the use of civil disobedience and other non-violent means. Before his death in 1968, he had succeeded in refocusing his efforts on bringing an end to poverty as well as the opposing of the Vietnam War, through the use of his Christian religion. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is seem in today´s world as one of the most renowned human rights icons. Although he was assassinated in 4 April 1968, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. Also, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.

He was a Baptist Minister or clergyman. He was one of the youngest civil rights activist in his time, leading the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott in America and, helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.

His most remembered accomplishment was when he led the 1963 March on Washington, where millions of people, black and white, heard him deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech. That speech raised public awareness of the civil rights movement which also helped in establishing him as one of the greatest orators in the history of the U.S. King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1964. This was for his work to end racial discrimination and racial segregation through the use of civil disobedience and other non-violent means.

Before his death in 1968, he had succeeded in refocusing his efforts on bringing an end to poverty as well as the opposing of the Vietnam War, through the use of his Christian religion. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is seem in today´s world as one of the most renowned human rights icons.

Although he was assassinated in 4 April 1968, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. Also, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.