King Jr Human Rights
Throughout history human rights have been a very controversial subject. For as long as society has been alive there has always been a fight for basic human rights and equality. With tactics ranging from peaceful mass protests to people being brutally murdered to prove a point.
One of the most nonviolent, successful human rights defenders was the very famous Martin Luther King Jr. Born Michael Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. The middle child of three he was born into a very religious family, with his dad being the preacher of his local church. King attended both high school and college, being educationally gifted he skipped two grades in high school. After high school he attended college for a Degree in Sociology and then later received his Doctorate in Theology from Boston University. He married Coretta Scott in 1953 and had four children with her.
During this time in history the United States was still a very segregated and unequal country. Having segregation throughout all of society and …show more content…
The Civil Rights Movement was a mass movement that supported racial equality. He also led a very famous boycott against the Montgomery Bus Service after a woman by the name of Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on one of their buses to a white man. The boycott was seen as successful lasting over a year and ended with some positive results. Another one of King’s many movements included the March on Washington in 1963 gaining over 200,000 in attendance. The goal of the march was to gain jobs and freedom. Along with the goals the biggest turning point occurred, on August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his most famous speech. The speech “I Have A Dream” brought even more attention to the Civil Rights Movement that had already been ongoing for many years. This led to President Kennedy sending a Civil RIghts Movement Bill to
One of the most nonviolent, successful human rights defenders was the very famous Martin Luther King Jr. Born Michael Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. The middle child of three he was born into a very religious family, with his dad being the preacher of his local church. King attended both high school and college, being educationally gifted he skipped two grades in high school. After high school he attended college for a Degree in Sociology and then later received his Doctorate in Theology from Boston University. He married Coretta Scott in 1953 and had four children with her.
During this time in history the United States was still a very segregated and unequal country. Having segregation throughout all of society and …show more content…
The Civil Rights Movement was a mass movement that supported racial equality. He also led a very famous boycott against the Montgomery Bus Service after a woman by the name of Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on one of their buses to a white man. The boycott was seen as successful lasting over a year and ended with some positive results. Another one of King’s many movements included the March on Washington in 1963 gaining over 200,000 in attendance. The goal of the march was to gain jobs and freedom. Along with the goals the biggest turning point occurred, on August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. gave his most famous speech. The speech “I Have A Dream” brought even more attention to the Civil Rights Movement that had already been ongoing for many years. This led to President Kennedy sending a Civil RIghts Movement Bill to