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Martin Luther King
Introduction
Hello , my name is Valeria , Im studying public administration and today I will tell you about Martin Luther King , one of my favorite orators, who has a big and interesting biography . My presentation will take about 7 min, so let’s start.
First of all, I will gonna tell you about his biography, about his early years , private life, how he lived and what education he had. After I would like to tell about his role in the advancement of civil rights and generally his career as a activist and orator.
Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia . Martin, Jr., was a middle child.At the age of 13 King was skeptical of many of Christianity's claims. However , he later concluded that the Bible has "many profound truths which one cannot escape" and decided to enter the seminary. King was very precocious student , he skipped both the ninth and the twelfth grades and entered Morehouse College at age fifteen without formally graduating from high school. He had degree of sociology. King married Coretta Scott, on June 18, 1953, they became the parents of four children . During their marriage, King limited Coretta's role in the civil rights movement , and expected her to be a housewife.
So let’s turn to the his activist movement and orator career. First of all, all started from religion , King became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery , Alabama, when he was twenty - five years old, in 1954. His views was strongly based on Jesus Christ beliefs , so the main influence was Jesus Christ. Besides , he thought, that we should love our neighbor as yourself, and also love enemies, pray for them and bless them. He known almost all Bible, he would almost always quote Christian gospels in his religious meetings, speeches at church, and in public discourses.
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat . The Montgomery Bus Boycott, urged and planned by Nixon and led by King, soon followed. The boycott lasted for 385 days , and the situation became so tense that King's house was bombed. King was arrested during this campaign, after this accident , King became a national figure and the best -known spokesman of the civil rights movement.
As you understand , Martin Luther King was like pacifist, also inspired by Gandhi 's success with non- violent activism, King went to India. The trip to India affected King, deepening his understanding of non-violent resistance and his commitment to America's struggle for civil rights.
King was among the leaders of the so-called "Big Six" civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom , which took place on August 28, 1963. The march originally was conceived as an event to dramatize the desperate condition of blacks in the southern U.S. The march did, however, make specific demands: an end to racial segregation in public schools; meaningful civil rights legislation, including a law prohibiting racial discrimination in employment; protection of civil rights workers from police brutality; a $2 minimum wage for all workers; and self- government for Washington, D.C., then governed by congressional committee . Despite tensions, the march was a resounding success. More than a quarter of a million people of diverse ethnicities attended the event. King delivered a 17-minute speech , later known as "I Have a Dream ".
To conclude, I would like to tell, that Martin Luther King was one of activist, who changed the black peoples life for better. He was Christian, so his views based on Christian beliefs and he supported nonviolent movement, moreover, he struggled for the Afro-American civil rights. At the White House Rose Garden President Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating a federal holiday to honor King.