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Who was Martin Luther King? Born in Atlanta on Jan. 15, 1929 Went to Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1944. Attended Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pa Became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. Mobilized the black community during a 382-day boycott of the citys bus lines. Martin Luther King was… Laid the groundwork for the organization now known as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Became co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Supported to the Memphis sanitation mens strike Threatened national boycotts Death came for King on April 4, 1968 Birmingham Bus Boycott Letter from a Birmingham Jail After Birmingham, President Kennedy proposed a new civil rights bill. To show that the bill had widespread support, civil rights groups united to organize a March on Washington. Organizers hoped to draw a crowd of 100,000, but instead over 250,000 people from around the nation, arriving in more than thirty special trains and 2,000 chartered buses, descended on Washington, DC on August 28, 1963. There, they heard speeches and songs from numerous activists, artists, and civil rights leaders. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered the closing address, his famous I Have a Dream speech. The day was an overwhelming success. There was no violence and the event received extensive media coverage. Although it did not have an immediate impact on Congress -- Kennedys civil rights bill was not passed for nearly a year -- it affected in some way just about everyone who participated or watched. The Promise Land Death of a Civil Rights Activist * * Martin Luther King Jr. A QUOTE BY MARTIN LUTHER KING “I accept the Nobel Prize for Peace at a moment when 22 million Negroes of the United States of America are engaged in a creative battle to end the long night of racial injustice. I accept this award on behalf of a civil rights movement which is moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a