1. Born to a reverend and Mrs.King on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta,Georgia
2. His efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “ I Have a Dream” speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.
3. King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.
4. He led the black boycott (1955-56) of segregated city bus lines and in 1956 gained a major victory and prestige as a civil-rights leader when Montgomery buses began to operate on a desegregated basis.
6. He Was a Civil Rights leader he lead the civil rights movement.
7. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, serving as its first president.
8. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a national holiday in the United States in 1986.
