Martin Luther King Jr Essay
Maggie Albright
Essay 3
Eller
16, November 2015
Martin Luther King Jr. There is no doubt that Martin Luther King Jr. did many great things throughout his lifetime that positively affected the world. MLK brought great racial acceptance to the United States of America, changing the way this country is to this day. MLK, being the founder of the SCLC and leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, has impacted the African-American race greatly along with the rest of our country. Not only did MLK stand up for their civil rights, but lost his life trying to better the lives of African-American people. He was not the only civil rights leader or activist in the 1960s but definitely had the most impact hands down. Martin Luther King Jr’s involvement …show more content…
was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929. MLK was the son and grandson of black Baptist preachers, and was not interested in simply following in their footsteps. MLK was enrolled at Morehouse College at the age of 15 and graduated with a PhD and became a minister. “In a letter composed while in graduate school, King laid out a vision for his ministry, which he called “the gospel I will preach to the world”” (Jackson 35). During MLK’s childhood, Atlanta had the most percentage of graduates than any other city in the South. With this factor, a majority of the highly educated graduate African-American’s stepped up and served different roles and as spokespeople for their race. Atlanta was a great place that fostered King, and who found relationships in a lot of important men, especially Morehouse College’s president Benjamin Mays. King saw these men as role models and mentors, feeding him information that would one day change America. While working on his doctorate at Boston University, Martin Luther King Jr. met Coretta Scott, a singer and musician, at a conservatory school in Boston. They were married in June of 1953 and had four children. King soon after moved to Montgomery, Alabama hoping that God could use his new church, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, to help achieve social change and peace among races. His move to Montgomery was the beginning to a huge historical movement and becoming a well- known and honored civil-rights
Essay 3
Eller
16, November 2015
Martin Luther King Jr. There is no doubt that Martin Luther King Jr. did many great things throughout his lifetime that positively affected the world. MLK brought great racial acceptance to the United States of America, changing the way this country is to this day. MLK, being the founder of the SCLC and leader of the American Civil Rights Movement, has impacted the African-American race greatly along with the rest of our country. Not only did MLK stand up for their civil rights, but lost his life trying to better the lives of African-American people. He was not the only civil rights leader or activist in the 1960s but definitely had the most impact hands down. Martin Luther King Jr’s involvement …show more content…
was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929. MLK was the son and grandson of black Baptist preachers, and was not interested in simply following in their footsteps. MLK was enrolled at Morehouse College at the age of 15 and graduated with a PhD and became a minister. “In a letter composed while in graduate school, King laid out a vision for his ministry, which he called “the gospel I will preach to the world”” (Jackson 35). During MLK’s childhood, Atlanta had the most percentage of graduates than any other city in the South. With this factor, a majority of the highly educated graduate African-American’s stepped up and served different roles and as spokespeople for their race. Atlanta was a great place that fostered King, and who found relationships in a lot of important men, especially Morehouse College’s president Benjamin Mays. King saw these men as role models and mentors, feeding him information that would one day change America. While working on his doctorate at Boston University, Martin Luther King Jr. met Coretta Scott, a singer and musician, at a conservatory school in Boston. They were married in June of 1953 and had four children. King soon after moved to Montgomery, Alabama hoping that God could use his new church, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, to help achieve social change and peace among races. His move to Montgomery was the beginning to a huge historical movement and becoming a well- known and honored civil-rights