Martin Luther King, Jr

King was born in Atlanta, Georgia Priest's Martin Luther King, Sr.. and Alberta Williams King. He married Coretta Scott on June 18 1953. He graduated from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Arts degree (in Sociology) in 1948, and the seminary's theology in the Crozer Chester, Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Divinity degree (Bachelor Theology) in 1951. He Ph.D.nya achieve a degree in theology from the University of Boston sistematika in 1955.

15 January 1929 - 4 April 1968 is a Nobel Prize recipient, Baptist pastor and human rights activists of African-American. He is one of the most important leaders in U.S. history and in the history of non-violence in the modern era, and is considered a hero, the creator of peace and martyr by many people around the world. One and a half decades after the murder terhadapnya in 1968, the United States set a holiday for commemorate, Martin Luther King Day.

King was a pastor in Montgomery, Alabama who fought against racial discrimination. In all aksinya, he followed the principles of Mahatma Gandhi, to avoid violence. For several years, making it great success, but gradually people for young black long because they can not receive no violence. Instead, King did not stop and extend the program.

He not only fought against the discrimination of black people, but also against the property and the Vietnam War. Greatness lies mainly in the King's dream and a high style spectaculer as a pastor. His speech with the title "I have a dream" in the parade rows to Washington, DC (28 August 1963) makes it increasingly popular. He was adored by many respected degree. In 1963, he received a Nobel Peace Award. In shoot until he died when he was doing the action in Memphis on 4 April 1968. Shocks cause the death of many riot and clash in various cities across the United States.