Martin
Luther
King
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Martin Luther King was born on the 15 th of January 1929. He was victim of racism when he was
very young : at the age of 6, some white people ……………………… that their children played with him
because he was black.
He …………………………… theology at Boston university. In 1953 he ………………………. Coretta Scott and
he ………………………..…. her. They …………………… four children : two daughters and two sons.
In 1954 he ……………………… a church pastor in Montgomery, the capital of Alabama.
Martin Luther King was against violence that’s why he ………………………………… Gandhi’s non-violent
methods (demonstrations, sit-ins…). In the 1950s he ………………………………… Gandhi’s family in India.
In 1955 King defended black people against segregation in transport in Montgomery. Some white
people ………………………… his house but he kept defending black people and in 1956 the Supreme
Court declared that segregation was unconstitutional. So he ……………………………. the leader of the
Civil Rights Movement. He …………………………… five books.
In 1963 the police ……………………………… King because he went in a restaurant for white people but
President J.F Kennedy ………………………….. so he didn’t stay in jail for a long time. In fact the police
arrested Martin Luther King and ……………………………… him in prison many times in his life.
In the 1960s there ………………………….. a lot of demonstrations against racism.
In 1963 Martin Luther King ………………………………… a march to Washington. After the march he
made his famous speech ‘I have a dream’. Consequently the governement ………………………. black
people the right to vote and King ………………………. the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. After that Martin
Luther King ……………………………. against poverty and against the Vietnam war.
On the 4th of April 1968, he was on the balcony of his hotel before a conference in Memphis,
when he was assassinated by a white man. Martin Luther King ……………………. only 39 years old.
Today, Martin Luther King day, the third Monday of January, is a national holiday in the USA.