Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. Georgia and other southern states of the United States had been slow to give equal rights to African-Americans as well as poor whites and King wanted a change.
When he became a minister in 1954, he began a long road of leadership using nonviolent methods. Many people joined his movement, and in 1963 he had a huge gathering of people to Washington D. C., to protest unfair government. Because of his efforts many rights were assured to all races.
Dr. King developed his ideas through his own experience, as well as through reading books by the American writer Henry David Thoreau and the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. He especially admired the example of Mahatma Ghandi, who had successfully led a nonviolent revolution to free India of British rule.
At 35 years of age, Martin Luther King Jr. was the youngest man to ever receive a Nobel peace prize. He was awarded the prize in 1964 for helping Americans change unfair laws against African-American people. However, not everybody accepted his ideas. On April 4, 1968, at age 39, he was killed by an assassin's bullet.
Today, Dr. King's birthday is a holiday in the United States and is celebrated in honor of his struggle for democracy
I admire Mr Luter King!
Liane
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. Georgia and other southern states of the United States had been slow to give equal rights to African-Americans as well as poor whites and King wanted a change.
ResponderExcluirWhen he became a minister in 1954, he began a long road of leadership using nonviolent methods. Many people joined his movement, and in 1963 he had a huge gathering of people to Washington D. C., to protest unfair government. Because of his efforts many rights were assured to all races.
Dr. King developed his ideas through his own experience, as well as through reading books by the American writer Henry David Thoreau and the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. He especially admired the example of Mahatma Ghandi, who had successfully led a nonviolent revolution to free India of British rule.
At 35 years of age, Martin Luther King Jr. was the youngest man to ever receive a Nobel peace prize. He was awarded the prize in 1964 for helping Americans change unfair laws against African-American people. However, not everybody accepted his ideas. On April 4, 1968, at age 39, he was killed by an assassin's bullet.
Today, Dr. King's birthday is a holiday in the United States and is celebrated in honor of his struggle for democracy
I admire Mr Luter King!
Liane
Excuse me Alaya, I posted in the wrong space!
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It was a pleasure to be with you during these months. It was a challenge, but I learned a lot, and I hope you have learned too. I ask you never stop studying, reading and practicing English.Count on me always.
ResponderExcluirMERRY CHRISTMAS!!