On Monday January 20th, one of the most famous speakers has his birthday. Martin Luther King Junior. He is a very famous person because of his ability to speak. One of his most famous speeches was “I Have A Dream.” We learned a lot about him. One way we researched him was we made a timeline about his most famous 15 events that happened in his life. I think the most famous event that happened to him was making many people believe that segregation should be ended.
This is the timeline that I made
1944 September 20 King Begins Freshman Year
1948 June 8 King receives his bachelor of arts degree in sociology from More house College.
1951 September 13 King begins his graduate studies in systematic theology at Boston University.
1953 June 18 King and Coretta Scott are married at the Scott home near Marion, Alabama.
1955 June 5th King is awarded his doctorate in systematic theology from Boston University.
1956 January 30th At 9:15 p.m., while King speaks at a mass meeting, his home is bombed. His wife and daughter are not injured. Later King addresses an angry crowd that gathers outside the house, pleading for nonviolence.
1957 February 18 King appears on the cover of Time magazine
1958 September 17 King’s first book Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story is published
1959 February 3 King embarks on a month-long visit to India where he meets with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and many of Gandhi’s followers.
1961 January 31Dexter Scott, King’s third child, is born.
1962 July 10 King is arrested at an Albany, Georgia prayer vigil and jailed. After spending two weeks in jail, King is released.
1963 March 28 Bernice Albertine, King’s fourth child, is born.
1964 January 3 King is named “Man of the Year” by Time Magazine.
1964 June King’s book Why We Can’t Wait is published.
1968 April 4 King is shot and killed while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.
If Martin Luther King was never born than there would still be wars over segregation. Blacks and whites would have to go to different restaurants water fountains and so on. This would not be fair because the whites would get a better education. This makes the whites earn more money and have a more successful life. Meanwhile the blacks will be poor and have an unsuccessful life and die quickly.
We all need to thank Martin Luther King because without him we would still have segregation. All of his speeches helped America become a better country.