Martin Luther King was one of the most famous person who gained rights for African Americans.
He made speech to express his believes, that blacks and all other people were equal. They supposed to have rights, and live as good as other people.
He was so important on the American civil-rights movement. He affected not just America, but all around the world.
Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the famous event of Martin Luther King. A fifteen-year-old school girl, Claudette Colvin, refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in compliance with the Jim Crow laws. In 1955, Rosa Parks was refused to give her seat, and was arrested. This event lasted for 385 days, thst all the African Americans were not taking any buses. Finally on 1956, the Jim Crow Law was declared to be illegal.
On 1968, he was assassinated, and he was only 39. Martin Luther King Day was made to tribute and honor him. He was the only person that was not American president but had this honor.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
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