student, and went to college to become a preacher. He went on to
become a great speaker and a famous American leader.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the main leaders of the civil
rights movement. “Civil rights” are rights that should belong to all of
the citizens of the country. The civil rights movement in the 1960s
focused mainly on equal rights for African-Americans. Dr. King
worked to make things equal for people regardless of their race, or
color of their skin.
Dr. King was a minister. He made many speeches and he gave
sermons in his church about what was and was not fair. His speeches
helped many people to understand these issues.
Dr. King believed that it was important to fight for what was right
without using violence. The nonviolent protests that Dr. King
organized and in which he participated, including marches and sit-ins
(where people would sit in an area where something bad had
happened, and they wouldn’t do anything, but they wouldn’t leave),
persuaded many Americans that the civil rights movement was right.
Although Dr. King was a powerful leader and had many followers, not
everybody liked him. Some people even hated him or thought he was
dangerous. He was assassinated, or murdered, in Tennessee in
1968. He is buried at the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Martin Luther King is remembered for his famous speeches, for his
strong principles, and for his tireless work for equality and peace. He
is honored in the United States every year in January. A national
holiday, called Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, is celebrated on the third
Monday in January.
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