Martin Luther King, Jr.

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. An inspiring leader

2. Intelligent • Graduated High School at age 15 • Bachelor’s Degree • Theology-Bachelor of Divinity • Ph.D.-1955 Well Educated

3. Leader • Mid 1950’s led the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott leading to desegregation • 1963 organized equality awareness March on Washington, D.C.

4. Determined Suffered abuse for his beliefs • Arrested • Beaten • Assassinated

5. 1964 awarded Nobel Peace Prize Hero

6. Source Citation • “MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.”[Online image] 22 April, 1965 http://apimages.ap.org/OneUp.aspx?st=k&kw=Martin%20Luther%20King%2C%20Jr%20address&showact=results&sort=relevance&page=1&intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=and&adte=1202684334&pagez=20&rids=f84e194ea9e4da11af9f0014c2589dfb&dbm=PY2000&xslt=1 • Kelly, Charles E. “MLK’S LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE” [Online image] 4 April, 1968 http://apimages.ap.org/OneUp.aspx?st=k&kw=Martin%20Luther%20King%2C%20Jr%20address&showact=results&sort=relevance&page=1&intv=None&cfas=CREDITLINE%3ACREDITLINENAME&sh=14&kwstyle=and&dbm=PY2000&adte=1202684334&pagez=20&CREDITLINE%3ACREDITLINENAME=%22ASSOCIATED%20PRESS%22&rids=7105ca331fe1da11af9f0014c2589dfb&xslt=1 • Cort, Horace. “ADDRESSING TUSKEGEE GRADUATES” [online image] 1 May, 1965 http://apimages.ap.org/OneUp.aspx?st=k&kw=Martin%20Luther%20King%2C%20Jr%20address&showact=results&sort=relevance&page=1&intv=None&cfas=CREDITLINE%3ACREDITLINENAME&sh=14&kwstyle=and&dbm=PY2000&adte=1202684334&pagez=20&CREDITLINE%3ACREDITLINENAME=%22ASSOCIATED%20PRESS%22&rids=29effdc439e5da11af9f0014c2589dfb&xslt=1 • “MLK NOBEL PEACE PRIZE OSLO” [Online image] 10 December, 1964 http://apimages.ap.org/OneUp.aspx?st=k&kw=Martin%20Luther%20King%2C%20Jr%20Nobel%20Prize&showact=results&sort=relevance&page=1&intv=None&sh=14&kwstyle=and&adte=1202685330&pagez=20&rids=503c4915bae5da11af9f0014c2589dfb&dbm=PY2000&xslt=1