Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights leader and Baptist minister whose advocacy of nonviolent resistance helped end legal segregation in the United States.
His 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech remains among the most celebrated in American oratory.
Assassinated in 1968, he is honored with a federal holiday in January.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, MLK Boulevard.
Ending enforced group separation
- integrationCombining into a whole
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
- Civil Rights ActLaw prohibiting discrimination
- Voting Rights ActLaw against electoral discrimination
Montgomery bus boycott · Rosa Parks · segregation · Jim Crow · discrimination · sit-ins · Selma · Birmingham campaign
Famous civil rights oration
- March on WashingtonHistoric civil rights demonstration
- Lincoln MemorialD.C. presidential monument
- 1963Mid-twentieth century date
- mountaintopSummit of a peak
promised land · American Dream · brotherhood · racial harmony · free at last · Birmingham · Letter from Birmingham Jail · drum major
Honor for advancing harmony
- martyrVictim for beliefs
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- MemphisTennessee city, ancient Egyptian capital
- MLK DayJanuary civil rights observance
federal holiday · icon · hero · memorial · monument · inspiration · influence · role model
Opposition through calm noncompliance
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- GandhianAdvocating nonviolent resistance
- satyagrahaNonviolent resistance philosophy
- passive resistanceOpposing through peaceful noncompliance
civil disobedience · ahimsa · reconciliation · agape love · moral resistance · conscientious objection · peaceful protest · direct action
Immersion-practicing Protestant
- preacherReligious sermon deliverer
- sermonClergy's worship address
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- theologyStudy of the divine
Morehouse College · Boston University · doctorate · pulpit · congregation · faith · Christianity · social gospel
desegregation
Ending enforced group separation
- integrationCombining into a whole
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
- Civil Rights ActLaw prohibiting discrimination
Voting Rights Act · Montgomery bus boycott · Rosa Parks · segregation · Jim Crow · discrimination · sit-ins · Selma · Birmingham campaign · march
I Have a Dream
Famous civil rights oration
- March on WashingtonHistoric civil rights demonstration
- Lincoln MemorialD.C. presidential monument
- 1963Mid-twentieth century date
mountaintop · promised land · American Dream · brotherhood · racial harmony · free at last · Birmingham · Letter from Birmingham Jail · drum major · beloved community
Nobel Peace Prize
Honor for advancing harmony
- martyrVictim for beliefs
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- MemphisTennessee city, ancient Egyptian capital
MLK Day · federal holiday · icon · hero · memorial · monument · inspiration · influence · role model · visionary
peaceful resistance
Opposition through calm noncompliance
- pacifismAntiwar moral stance
- GandhianAdvocating nonviolent resistance
- satyagrahaNonviolent resistance philosophy
passive resistance · civil disobedience · ahimsa · reconciliation · agape love · moral resistance · conscientious objection · peaceful protest · direct action · nonviolent resistance
Baptist
Immersion-practicing Protestant
theology · Morehouse College · Boston University · doctorate · pulpit · congregation · faith · Christianity · social gospel · homiletics
- Black HistoryMLK, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X
- American IconsAbraham Lincoln, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Rosa Parks
- Famous AmericansAbraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington Carver, Thomas Edison, Rosa Parks
- Famous Martins
- HumanitariansMother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, Gandhi, Desmond Tutu
- Sixtieshippies, Beatles, Woodstock, Vietnam War, JFK