1	By: Josie, Colin, Madison, Deakin, Jake, John Cole 6^th grade Lakeview Elementary “I have a dream..” Who was Martin Luther King Jr.? Facts and quotes about this amazing man Timeline of Martin Luther King Jr. Childhood of Martin Luther King Jr.
2	When people say MLK Jr. had a dream, what do they mean?
3	What Did MLK’s Dream Mean?… When people say MLK Jr. had a dream, they meant that he wanted to desegregate the United States.
4	"By Colin Shassberger" By Colin Shassberger Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a minister and civil rights leader. In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat for a white person, a group was formed called the Montgomery Improvement Association. The group appointed Dr .Martin Luther King Jr. as their leader. One thing they did was lead a bus boycott against the buses for 13 months because of Rosa Parks' arrest. In 1963, Martin Luther King said the “I Have A Dream” speech by the Lincoln Memorial. He became Time magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1963 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.In 1965, MLK Jr. organized a march from Selma to Montgomery that made national support for federal voting rights.
5	"By" By: Josie Hickok
6	MLK, Jr. Born: January 15, 1929 Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia Death: April 4, 1968 Death Place: Memphis, Tennessee Religion: Baptist Who Influenced Him: Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln, Theodor Herzl, Mahatma Gandhi, Benjamin Mays, Rosa Parks, Bayard Rustin, Henry David Thoreau, Howard Thurman, and Leo Tolstoy. Who He Influenced: Albert Lutuli, Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton Facts: MLK, Jr. was the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner. Worked to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through non-violent ways, like civil disobedience. His most famous speech was “I Have A Dream”. MLK, Jr. was against poverty and the Vietnam War. He died at the age of 39.
7	MLK, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes: Have You Heard The Word? “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” “At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.” “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” “I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” “Seeing is not only believing.” “The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.” “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, you just have to take the first step.” “The time is always right to do what is right.” “There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
8	MLK, Jr. More Quotes And Facts: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. went to high school earlier than other people. “We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” He published “A Stride Toward Freedom: A Montgomery Story” in 1958. “A lie cannot live.” “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” “Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.” “We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” “A riot is the language of the unheard.” “A right delayed is a right denied.” “War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow.” ‘We must use time creatively.” “We must live together as brothers or perish together as fools.” “A man cannot ride on your back unless it’s bent.” “To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.”
9	Martin Luther King Jr. Timeline Words By Rosemary L. Bray
10	Jan 15,1929 – Dec 1955 * Jan 15,1929/ Born in Atlanta, Georgia. June 1948/ Receives B.A degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta. June 1951/ Marries Coretta Scott in Marion, Alabama. September 1954/ Becomes Minister at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. May 1955/ Receives Ph.D. from Boston University. *Dec 1955/ Helps organize a bus boycott in Montgomery to protest segregated buses; becomes head of the Montgomery Improvement Association.
11	Dec 1956 –Oct 1960 Dec 1956/ Boycott ends when Montgomery bus company agrees to desegregate buses. Aug 1957/ Becomes President of the southern Christian leadership conference. Feb 1959/ Visits India with Coretta to study nonviolent tactics of Mohandas Gandhi. Jan 1960/ Becomes co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. *Oct 1960/ Arrested at a sit-in in Atlanta.
12	Dec 1961 – Dec 1964 Dec 1961/ Arrested at a prayer vigil in Albany, Georgia. Oct 1962/ Meets with President John F. Kennedy to discuss civil rights. April 1963/ Arrested during protests in Birmingham, Alabama; writes Letter from a Birmingham Jail while imprisoned. Aug 1963/ Gives “I Have a Dream” speech at the march on Washington. *Dec 1964/ Awarded Nobel Peace Prize.
13	March 1965 – March 1967 March 1965/ Organizes voter registration march from Selma to Montgomery , Alabama. Aug 1965/ Voting Rights Act signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. *Aug 1965/ Makes his first public statement against Vietnam war at SCLC conference. March 1967/ Continues opposition to Vietnam War in Chicago speech.
14	March 1968 – Nov 1983 March 1968/ Leads protest of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. April 4, 1968/ Killed by a sniper at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. *Nov 1983/ An act of Congress designates the third Monday in January as a legal holiday celebrating the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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16	Martin’s Childhood Micheal King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. His mom was Alberta Williams King, and his father was Micheal King Sr. They eventually changed their names to Martin Luther. The three lived with MLK Jr.’s grandparents in a 12 room house. Martin first experienced the racial discrimination when white neighbors wouldn’t let him play with their two sons. This was one of the crucial things that encouraged him to protest later on.
17	Elementary School Martin Luther King Jr. started off in the Howard School. When he reached one of the higher elementary grades, he transferred into Oglethorpe Elementary School, a private school. Oglethorpe was a pretty small school. Only about 200 kids attended the school, and the grades were K-8.
18	High School MLK Jr. went to high school at Booker T. Washington High School. He went there at an earlier age than most people. One of his favorite teachers was Miss Grace Bradley. She entered him in the ELKS Oratorical Contest, a speaking contest. He gave a brilliant speech, but he lost. Miss Bradley and Martin would go places together, but like every other African-American, he was neglected.
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