This Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. day. We celebrate it to honor him and his many achievements. In school we are learning about him and his “I have a dream” speech. I think he is one of the most important people of the U.S. and I also think he is also underrated sometimes. He made many movements and made lots of speeches too. I think he deserves more attention. I also feel like people just take his holiday for granted because school is closed and kids don’t even care. Mostly because kids don’t even know him. Schools should teach about him in the early grades so they can reference him as they become older.
Martin Luther King Timeline
| Date | Event |
| January 15th, 1929 | Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1944 | Started to go to Morehouse College |
| 1948 | Became a pastor at his father’s church |
| 1948 | He started to go to Crozer Theological Seminary, religious school |
| 1951 | Began studying at Boston University |
| 1953 | Married to Coretta Scott |
| 1954 | Moved to Montgomery, Alabama with his wife and had a job as a pastor |
| 1957 | He joined the NAACP and talked about convincing colored people to join and fight |
| 1957 | Joined other colored religious leaders to form SCLC, he began doing peaceful protests |
| October, 1960 | Briefly jailed for joining a group of students at a sit-in |
| 1963 | Nationwide civil rights movement across the country |
| April 12th, 1963 | Arrested again with civil rights leader, Ralph Abernathy |
| April 16th 1963 | He wrote a letter from Birmingham Jail about racism |
| August 28th, 1963 | I Have a Dream speech |
| April 4th, 1968 | Shot and died by James Earl Ray while talking to fellow protestors on his balcony |
| April 9th 1968 | Martin was buried in Atlanta |