Martin Luther King Jar. (1929-1968) was an activist and leader In the African-American Call Rights Movement. He was one of the twentieth century best-known advocates for nonviolent social change. In 1955, he and other call rights activists were arrested after leading a boycott of a Montgomery, Alabama, transportation company which made nonwhites give up their seats to whites, and stand or sit at the back of the bus.
Over the next 10 years or so, Martin Luther King Jar. Tote, spoke and organized nonviolent protests to try and draw attention to racial discrimination and to demand civil rights legislation to protect the rights of African-Americans. Martin Luther King Jar. Worked with civil rights and religious groups to organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Standing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, MILK shared his vision of a future, “this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'” The speech and march secured Kings reputation. Later that year he was named Man of the Year by TIME magazine and in 1964 became the youngest person ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He is remembered as on of the most influential people in this world today. He inspired many African-Americans to fight for their rights. “All men are created equal.”
